THEY HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE
Public Safety and Solicitor General
Disrupting the illicit drug trade with first-in-Canada technology
Track and Trace initiative will improve intelligence, save lives
FULL RELEASE CAN BE READ HERE.British Columbia would be the safest place on earth,
If press releases could save lives,
B.C.’s latest answer to the toxic-drug crisis is exactly what you get when government people fall in love with their own press releases.
For $300,000 a year, we’re getting “AI-assisted dashboards,” “predictive mapping,” “chemical signatures,” lab robots, and a whole parade of officials congratulating themselves for being “first in Canada.” Fantastic. People are dying, but at least the buzzwords are cutting-edge.
This is what failure looks like when it hires a communications team.
The province admits the illegal drug supply is evolving faster than its warning systems. So the answer is... more bureaucracy, more data collection, more meetings, more analysis, and another pilot project. In other words, the same people who can’t keep up with the crisis are now asking us to be impressed that they bought a fancier microscope.
Here’s the part they skip in the announcement: drug traffickers adapt faster than government, faster than police, and faster than every shiny new “tool” unveiled at a podium. Take one substance off the street and another shows up — often stronger, dirtier, and deadlier. That’s been obvious for years.
So no, this is not some brave breakthrough. It’s government theatre for an audience of reporters, donors, and bureaucrats who love the sound of the word “innovation.”
If this eventually saves lives, good. But spare us the victory parade before there are any victories.
Right now, this looks like the same old pattern: a deadly crisis on the ground, and another self-important announcement in the air.
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