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The Supreme Court of Canada had already affirmed the constitutionality of a law allowing B.C. to pursue a class- action lawsuit on behalf of federal, provincial and territorial governments last November. That’s after several opioid companies argued in B.C. Supreme Court that the province was overstepping its authority under the constitution. But a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada found that B.C.’s law respects the legislative authority of other Can- adian governments, which can choose to opt out of the proceeding, and the decision noted that nearly every prov- ince and territory as well as the federal government intended to take part in the class-action. Sharma said the class-action’s certifi- cation marks a “significant milestone” in the proceedings that date back to 2018, when the province first launched the lawsuit. “Our goal was clear: to recover the health-care costs of treating opioid-re- lated harms and to hold manufacturers and distributors accountable for their role in allegedly using deceptive mar- keting practices to drive sales, contrib- uting to addiction and overdose rates in the country,” she says. The most recent data from the B.C. Coroners Service released in Decem- ber says in the first 10 months of last year there were 1,925 overdose deaths, marking a nine per cent decrease from the same time period in 2023. — The Canadian Press BRENNA OWEN Carney, Freeland, Arya file paperwork to officially run for Liberal leadership O TTAWA — Liberal leader- ship candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Chan- dra Arya have submitted their paper- work to the party and have officially entered the race. They submitted the required 300 signatures from registered Liberals and a $50,000 deposit ahead of to- day’s 5 p.m. ET deadline. Government House leader Karina Gould’s campaign team said she plans to get her papers and deposit in by the deadline. Former Liberal MP Frank Baylis did not respond to inquiries. Liberal MP Jaime Battiste also has indicated he plans to run for the leadership but it’s not clear how far he is in the process. Carney spent Wednesday in Ot- tawa, where he was spotted on Par- liament Hill in the morning and later on the Rideau Canal skating with Lib- eral MP Adam van Koeverden. The Canadian Press asked Carney for an update on his policy platform regarding consumer carbon pricing. Carney secured the endorsement of Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on Tuesday. Guilbeault indicated he was open to replacing consumer carbon pricing with an- other policy to fight climate change. “When you look at something like carbon pricing … first and fore- most it’s making this economy more competitive, more sustainable jobs. It’s helping us do our bit on climate change. It’s also making sure that Canadians come out ahead right now, and then in the future,” Carney told The Canadian Press. “What you’re going to see from my campaign, my group, working with people like Steven (Guilbeault) and many others across this coun- try, across the party, is a solution that works for everyone, addresses all those aspects. That’s cost of liv- ing, that’s jobs, that’s competitive- ness and that’s building the strongest economy in the G7.” Officials working on the various campaigns are now focusing their attention on the Jan. 27 deadline for registering people with the party to allow them to vote for the new Liber- al leader, who also becomes the next prime minister. Candidates have been signing up new members to support their cam- paigns, but some campaigns don’t know whether those supporters are also registered to vote. Two more candidates declared their intention to enter the race Wednesday: former Brampton MP Ruby Dhalla and Michael Clark, a self-described Christian community organizer and businessman who is campaigning to “make the party pro- life.” On Wednesday, federal Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith said he’ll participate in the race as a sup- porter but hasn’t decided yet who he’ll endorse. “I’m going to get involved one way or the other at some point. I was looking forward to the ideas that dif- ferent candidates were putting for- ward,” Erskine-Smith said at his first announcement since joining cabinet last month. “I’ve been encouraged by the number of serious people who have stepped up.” Erskine-Smith said he valued Free- land as a colleague, adding Carney has done “a lot of good in his life” and Gould approaches politics with a gen- erational perspective that he shares. He also had words of praise for Baylis. “Frank Baylis was a friend. I sat on committee with him. No one talks about him when different candidates get mentioned but this is a guy who built a billion-dollar company, who has financed award-winning films that addressed the exploitation of mi- grant workers,” Erskine-Smith said. “I sometimes think of the Dos Equis (beer) commercial ‘The most interesting man in the world.’ No one knows about him but when they do, I think they’ll find that he’s kind of interesting.” — The Canadian Press NICK MURRAY THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES Liberal party leadership candidates (clockwise from top left) Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Chandra Arya, Jaime Battiste and Frank Baylis. ‘I’ve been encouraged by the number of serious people who have stepped up’ — Federal Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith ;