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The opposition leader spoke to media Wednesday during a visit to Abbotsford, alongside Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman.
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BC United MLAs want to see those areas protected in the same way schools are, where open drug use is prohibited.
That suggestion, he said, is coming from municipalities who feel the decriminalization is 含羞草研究社渢one deaf含羞草研究社� to what is happening in communities across the province.
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But a provincewide ban would make more sense than offloading the work to municipalities, Falcon said.
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British Columbia has the highest average rents in Canada, the highest housing prices in North America, and there is no change on the horizon, he added.
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