Shanjeelin Dwivedi, Conservative Nomination Candidate in Abbotsford-South Langley hosted a Town Hall this week on the Addictions Crisis .

In collaboration with the MacDonald Family, the community was gathered together to discuss the tragic death of 13-year-old Brianna MacDonald and strategies to end the cycle of death by addiction.

Ms. Dwivedi said, “In this town hall, we will focus on recovery, mental health, and bring our loved ones home drug free.”

Lance Charles, Brianna’s Stepfather said “If we don’t speak up sooner of later this generation of children is just going to dwindle, it’s not going to stop unless we do something about it, the fact that a lot of money goes into safe supply policies, harm reduction sites – it isn’t safe supply that’s going to save our children, the more money we can see removed from safe injection policy and turn them in to mental health awareness, health, recover, and rehabilitation those numbers will start to dwindle.”

Dwivedi concluded the event by saying “Everyday we see these deadly consequences of these policies. Enough is enough. It’s time for a change, it takes a village to raise children and we as a community need to get stronger and start standing up for what will be our future.”

Ms. Dwivedi also spoke with the family of Clayton Point, the 13-year-old best friend of Brianne MacDonald, who recently passed away. She offered her condolences to his family who were in attendance and committed to work on a second town hall to allow them to share the story of their son and keep up the fight against addiction. She will continue to advocate for recovery and mental health support to bring our loved ones home drug-free