He was previously barred from practicing law for 10 years.

This year alone, the agency has been dealt a Salmonella crisis on Iranian pistachios that required extensive testing and import limits, and a months-long battle to cull a herd of ostriches in BC which culminated in a lengthy, police-protected takeover of the farm.

“I did my part, saved the grapes and put them in tanks. Now we need marketing access and marketing support. We also need BC consumers to help out.”

“It's just an amazingly large cost.”

In the seven most overcapacity facilities, one in six patients was cared for in an unfunded ‘surge bed’ last year.