For the second year in a row, mayors and councillors taking part in the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention stood side-by-side to express how fed up they are with what they feel is a rising crisis of street disorder, homelessness and drug addiction in all corners of the province.

This time the backdrop was the front steps of the legislature itself, with the goal being to ensure their message is directed squarely at the provincial government.

Among the calls from mayors this year is for the province to hire more crown prosecutors to speed up the trials of repeat and violent offenders and introduce a comprehensive system of involuntary care for people with complex addiction and mental health issues.

They also want Premier David Eby and his ministers to continue pushing the federal gov

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