BC NDP candidate for Port Coquitlam Mike Farnworth stated:

“Encampments are closed by building housing and providing people with treatment. But John Rustad has committed to cancelling housing across the province. Let’s be clear: Rustad’s plans will lead to more encampments. That’s a risk we can’t afford.”
John Rustad was a BC Liberal cabinet minister with a long record of blocking housing construction and making deep cuts to health care and housing. He cut youth treatment beds just as the toxic drug crisis was starting, and cut affordable housing investments by a staggering 75% in a single year.
Now, John Rustad’s plans will cancel hundreds of thousands of homes we have on the way and mean deep cuts to the treatment and health care people need.
David Eby and the BC NDP are taking action to build homes and treatment beds across the province and launch new secure care for people with brain injuries and severe mental health and addictions challenges — keeping them safe and keeping communities safe.