Former British Columbia chief coroner Lisa Lapointe is slated to appear alongside BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau for a policy announcement in Victoria related to the province含羞草研究社檚 illicit-toxic drug crisis.

Lapointe retired earlier this year after 13 years on the job and in the midst of the toxic drug crisis that has killed more than 15,000 people since a health emergency was declared in 2016.

Before her retirement Lapointe lamented that the emergency never received a 含羞草研究社渁 co-ordinated response commensurate with the size of (the) crisis.含羞草研究社�

In her final months on the job, a review panel recommended providing controlled drugs without prescriptions but the idea was almost immediately rejected by the provincial government.

Elsewhere on the campaign trail, NDP Leader David Eby will be in Terrace in B.C.含羞草研究社檚 northwest looking to win back the Skeena riding being vacated by Ellis Ross, who held the seat for BC United, but now will run in the federal election for the Conservatives.

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is scheduled to spend the morning making an announcement in Kimberly, in the Kootenays, followed by a meet-and-greet 30 kilometres south in Cranbrook.