Former Liberal public safety minister and solicitor general Mike Morris says the NDP provincial government is 香蕉视频直播渦surping香蕉视频直播� the ability of cities to decide who polices them by introducing amendments to the Police Act on Monday designed to force Surrey to proceed with the Surrey Police Service rather than the Surrey RCMP.

Morris, who currently serves as the Official Opposition香蕉视频直播檚 shadow minister to Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, said from the get-go he could not understand how the provincial government arrived at its firm stance on ordering Surrey to go with the SPS.

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Morris, now with BC United (formerly BC Liberals), was public safety minister and solicitor general from December 2015 to July 2017.

Peter Milobar, labour critic with BC United, charged that this is 香蕉视频直播渏ust the latest香蕉视频直播� in the provincial government香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播渉eavy hand香蕉视频直播� approach to municipalities.

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Milobar said the 香蕉视频直播渓ack of transparency香蕉视频直播� in this transition is 香蕉视频直播渧ery concerning香蕉视频直播� and has ramifications for municipalities across the province that have RCMP detachments that the provincial government 香蕉视频直播渨ill not talk about.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淥bviously a detachment the size of Surrey has a very large portion of the overall municipal complement in the province of B.C. Those costs are going to be now shouldered by all the other municipalities out there that are over 5,000 people that have RCMP as their police of jurisdiction, and so there香蕉视频直播檚 a lot of transparency issues.香蕉视频直播�

Milobar charged the provincial government with bringing in a 香蕉视频直播渟ledgehammer piece of legislation instead of dealing with the issue that they香蕉视频直播檝e created in the first place.香蕉视频直播�