B.C.’s inquiry into money laundering amid allegations of rampant drug crimes and crime proceeds injected into real estate—fuelling a housing affordability crisis—heard its closing submissions this week, ahead of its final report expected in December. Various stakeholders used their submissions to summarize their positions on the evidence heard, make general recommendations to the inquiry, assign or deflect blame, and attempt to influence how the Cullen Commission should move forward in producing its report. “The Commission heard evidence from various industry actors which suggests that some B.C. casinos may have been used to directly launder, or facilitate the laundering of, funds with illicit origins,” wrote the lawyers for the province in their final submission. While the province argued that this occurred “despite the best efforts of the public service” to address the issue, whistleblowers reported an unwillingness among the authorities to get to the heart of the issue and at times …