Former Liberal public safety minister and solicitor general Mike Morris says the NDP provincial government is 91裸聊视频渦surping91裸聊视频� 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 Opposition91裸聊视频檚 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.

91裸聊视频淭he information was not there, the Province has been very reluctant to reveal the information that they used, that the minister used, in arriving at his decision to move forward and here we are today where they are usurping the sanctity or decision-making process that municipalities have in deciding who polices their municipality,91裸聊视频� Morris told reporters Tuesday. 91裸聊视频淚 think this is the wrong direction to go and intend to look at this in depth during the committee stage moving forward over the next few days.91裸聊视频�

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 91裸聊视频渏ust the latest91裸聊视频� in the provincial government91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渉eavy hand91裸聊视频� approach to municipalities.

91裸聊视频淭his is a piece of legislation that is changing because frankly the government91裸聊视频檚 mishandling of this file so badly and it91裸聊视频檚 created them to have to change a piece of legislation that has functioned perfectly fine on police forces and decisions local governments make on who will police them literally for decades in this province.

Milobar said the 91裸聊视频渓ack of transparency91裸聊视频� in this transition is 91裸聊视频渧ery concerning91裸聊视频� and has ramifications for municipalities across the province that have RCMP detachments that the provincial government 91裸聊视频渨ill not talk about.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淥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 there91裸聊视频檚 a lot of transparency issues.91裸聊视频�

Milobar charged the provincial government with bringing in a 91裸聊视频渟ledgehammer piece of legislation instead of dealing with the issue that they91裸聊视频檝e created in the first place.91裸聊视频�