BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad says gas masks are required at Tally Ho, a Cool Aid Society-operated supportive housing site in Victoria, due to toxic fumes.
However, BC Housing says fume levels have decreased since the issue was first raised in November 2023, and respiratory masks – not gas masks – were mandated to protect staff.
“What we’re seeing with that program, quite frankly, is disturbing,” Rustad said at a media scrum on April 10.
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