For the week of April 30, 2023:
High expectations and low delivery.
That sums up the long-awaited April 28 announcement by NDP Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, which did nothing to end the Surrey policing debate. Farnworth released a heavily redacted report that recommends Surrey city council continue to replace the RCMP detachment with the Surrey Police Service, a legacy of the Doug McCallum-led council.
The October-elected Mayor Brenda Locke vowed to keep the RCMP, despite the offer of provincial funds.
The MMA panel reconvenes to consider the fallout from the latest chapter in the cop swap that won’t stop. Join host Bob Mackin with ResearchCo president Mario Canseco and Andy Yan, the director of the city program at Simon Fraser University.
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