Justice Kevin Loo dismissed Mayor Brenda Locke’s bid to halt the transition — a key promise of her 2022 municipal election campaign — after nearly two years of feuding with the B.C. government over the future of policing in the province’s second largest and fastest growing municipality.
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A B.C Supreme Court judge says the province has the right to order the City of Surrey to transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announced Thursday.
Justice Kevin Loo dismissed Mayor Brenda Locke’s bid to halt the transition — a key promise of her 2022 municipal election campaign — after nearly two years of feuding with the B.C.
The City of Surrey wanted a judicial review of Farnworth’s decision last summer ordering the transition to go ahead.
As part of its arguments, the city claimed the public safety minister was thwarting the will of voters who elected Locke on a promise to keep the RCMP.
In response, the province said the transition is already underway, with hundreds of SPS officers gradually moving into roles previously occupied by Mounties.
“It’s pretty clear in terms of the arguments the city brought in this judicial review, and the judge dismissed them,” he told reporters.
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I guess Mike fucking Farnworth just earned himself a mayorship. If I was the mayor I’d say “well, if he wants to dictate for surrey let’s change the name plate and I’ll just go raise goats.”
I’m disappointed the least-worse party for this region has a crotchety boat-anchor weighing it down.
