VICTORIA – The opioid crisis has ripped through families on Vancouver Island and across the country. Since 2016 nearly 6,000 illicit drug overdose deaths have been reported in BC.  That’s why local NDP MPs Laurel Collins (Victoria), Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford) and Randall Garrison (Esquimalt – Saanich – Sooke) are backing the party's first initiative in the new parliamentary session – a private member's bill that would help thousands...

VICTORIA –  Yesterday, in the House of Commons, Collins spoke about the housing crisis in Victoria and the devastating effects it’s having on people living there (video). The average price of a home in Victoria when Trudeau was first elected in 2015 was $461,300. Six years later, the average price has risen to $902,700 – an astonishing 96 per cent increase. Buying a home or even finding an affordable place to rent is getting further out of reach for people in...

VICTORIA – Local NDP MPs Laurel Collins (Victoria), Randall Garrison (Esquimalt -Saanich-Sooke) and Alistair MacGregor (Cowichan-Malahat-Langford) are calling on the government to take urgent action to address the crisis in primary care and reiterating their calls to strengthen the health care system to help keep locals healthy and safe. Southern Vancouver Island residents have long faced challenges accessing family doctors, and are now facing critical shortages in access to doctors at...