Son of former B.C. MLA Judi Tyabji to stand trial on fentanyl charges

The son of a former B.C. MLA will stand trial next year on a charge of importing a controlled substance after border guards found fentanyl in a parcel meant for a Calgary address.

Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana, 28, of Calgary, was arrested a year ago.

A five-day trial before a judge is scheduled for Sept. 11, 2017.

Tyabji-Sandana is currently out on bail.

His mother, Judi Tyabji, was the youngest MLA in the B.C. Legislature when she was elected in 1991.

Her subsequent affair with then-leader Gordon Wilson rocked the B.C. Liberal party in 1993 they went on to marry and formed the Progressive Democratic Alliance, which folded after the 1996 election.