A B.C. Supreme Court judge was told Thursday (May 2) it91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渋rrelevant91裸聊视频� whether Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke and Premier David Eby struck a deal on the city91裸聊视频檚 policing transition before Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth issued his edict July 19, 2023 that the RCMP must be replaced by the Surrey Police Service.

Justice Kevin Loo is presiding over the City of Surrey91裸聊视频檚 petition for a judicial review aimed at quashing that order in a five-day hearing that began April 29 in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. He heard evidence on the second day of the hearing about a deal reached between Locke and Eby, contained in an affidavit from a political advisor and note-taker for the mayor, before Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth

On Thursday (May 2), lawyer Trevor Bant, representing the provincial government, told Loo that 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 propose to deal with the mayor91裸聊视频檚 affidavit in any way,91裸聊视频� he said, adding 91裸聊视频渢he respondent91裸聊视频檚 position is that virtually all of the statements attributed to the premier and the minister in the mayor91裸聊视频檚 affidavit are inaccurate, taken out of context or both.91裸聊视频�

He told Loo he won91裸聊视频檛 tender a 91裸聊视频渢it-for-tat91裸聊视频� reply.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 irrelevant, in my submission on the judicial review component of the proceedings. The submission I91裸聊视频檒l make there is that it91裸聊视频檚 really quite irrelevant whether the premier and the mayor entered into some kind of deal about the timing of a vote. It91裸聊视频檚 not germane to the legal issues that are before you.91裸聊视频�

Bant said 91裸聊视频渢here91裸聊视频檚 no evidence whatsoever91裸聊视频� that Farnworth 91裸聊视频渨as thinking about anything other than public safety. The City can certainly challenge the reasonableness of the minister91裸聊视频檚 conclusions, but not for sincerity.91裸聊视频�

He noted that a ministry analysis of a strategy to keep RCMP and restaff the Surrey detachment was 91裸聊视频渁mbitious but feasible only when considered in isolation of the RCMP resourcing pressures across the province.91裸聊视频�

A report from the City of Surrey, Bant said, concluded that while neither keeping the RCMP as Surrey91裸聊视频檚 police of jurisdiction or continuing with the transition to the Surrey Police Service are 91裸聊视频渟traightforward91裸聊视频� options, 91裸聊视频渂oth options are feasible.91裸聊视频�

Bant said redactions were applied by the City of Surrey before it was given to the minister that included a summary where 91裸聊视频渢he conclusion is really that both options are feasible. Where a council decision to maintain the RCMP is feasible with conditions (and) continuing the transition to the SPS is also feasible with conditions.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淣either pathway is straightforward and each requires fundamental conditions to be met by other parties in order to be successful,91裸聊视频� Bant told the court.

91裸聊视频淭he conclusion of this report, the City91裸聊视频檚 own report that both options are feasible, neither option is straightforward, but both are feasible,91裸聊视频� he reiterated.

Bant told the judge some 91裸聊视频渃andid91裸聊视频� sections suggest that 91裸聊视频渢his report was probably never meant to be seen by the minister.91裸聊视频�

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke announced in November 2023 the City would challenge the 91裸聊视频渃onstitutionality91裸聊视频� of Farnworth91裸聊视频檚 order.

Bant said this issue was 91裸聊视频渢he simplest, in my submission.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淏y the way of overview on the constitutional issues,91裸聊视频� he began, the City91裸聊视频檚 argument is contrary to the law91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渕eaning and scope.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淣otwithstanding the creativity and the very able submissions that have been made on behalf of the City, it really is a radical expression of freedom of expression that would convert our representative democracy into a direct democracy in which voters have that very literal right to get what they vote for.

91裸聊视频淭he legislation has not restricted anyone from expressing themselves, including by voting, and that91裸聊视频檚 really dispositive of the constitutional argument.91裸聊视频�