OPINION: Crime stats belie Eby government’s ‘safer province’ claims

The Eby government claims to have a strong record on crime and safety. Nina Krieger, minister of public safety and solicitor general, recently cited new Statistics Canada data and said “B.C.’s Crime Severity Index is down for the second year in a row, nearly 12% lower than in 2023 and at its lowest level in years” due to “investments in enforcement and intervention by our government” that help “build a safer province.”
Yet in reality, the government has