The Mounties are known for “always getting their man,” but they might not always get their way — a situation that’s unfolding in Surrey, where the province wants the RCMP to hand over its responsibilities to the newly formed Surrey Police Service.
This hotly contested and highly controversial move by the B.C. government — the Surrey mayor is vehemently opposed and wants to retain the RCMP — has made its way to the province’s Supreme Court. The case will likely have implications on how the Canadian Constitution applies to police reform.
It will also raise questions of national and practical importance: Should the RCMP be involved in municipal contract policing? Or is that role better left to the municipalities under provincial policing models? These questions illustrate an ongoing struggle between modern police reform and the old guard.
If the NDP are worried about losing this election, it needs to be shown to them that Mike Fucking Farnworth is the complete cause and the reason.
Don’t say it’s an RCMP issue when the people of Surrey and the RCMP want them there.
Enough with the sycophantic op-ed pieces. He’s dictating policy on a town and writing cheques for them to cash with the grace and poise of a pensioner’s dog shitting on your lawn.
Could also be Eby has the personality of a warm bowl of mayo.
You’re not wrong there. You never thought you’d be wishing for John again.
At least all the cruelty will be consolidated into one super party of suck, and the choice will be a binary one between stupid and mean.
Nah, the Conservatives finally gained relevance because they are named the conservatives, they aren’t going to hitch their wagon to B.C. United’s shit show.