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The Lilia Hansen on behalf of her council, sent to Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth and cc香蕉视频直播檈d to municipal councils around B.C.

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Unfortunately, the mayor said, that act was never brought into force. The mayor said municipal bylaws are no substitute for the 香蕉视频直播渕eaningful support of the provincial and federal government.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淥ur bylaws were enacted to provide solutions to manage conventional municipal problems like un-mowed grass, or loud music. These laws were never designed or intended to manage the impacts of organized crime destroying neighbourhoods with impunity,香蕉视频直播� Hansen says.

The mayor香蕉视频直播檚 request to the Solicitor General to consider enacting a Community Safety Act found sympathetic ears across the province in Campbell River where its council voted unanimously to endorse it.

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