Premier David Eby said there will be no more money for the City of Surrey beyond $150 million that was promised by Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth this past summer to help the city shoulder the cost of transitioning to the Surrey Police Service from the Surrey RCMP.

91裸聊视频淭here is no more money,91裸聊视频� Eby told reporters in Victoria on Monday. 91裸聊视频淭here is no more money. There is $150 million on the table Surrey hasn91裸聊视频檛 taken us up on. They have a surplus in their policing budget, they have a surplus overall, there is no more money.

91裸聊视频淗aving that shadow-boxing discussion about money on line items that we don91裸聊视频檛 have awareness of, don91裸聊视频檛 know what the mayor91裸聊视频檚 talking about when she says there is more costs, it91裸聊视频檚 just impossible.91裸聊视频�

But Mayor Brenda Locke maintains those 91裸聊视频渓ine items91裸聊视频� can be found in the city91裸聊视频檚 Oct. 13 petition to the Supreme Court of British Columbia seeking a judicial review of Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth91裸聊视频檚 July 19 order for the city to continue with the transition to the SPS, contrary to the wishes of council91裸聊视频檚 majority.

91裸聊视频淗e needs to look at the petition, it91裸聊视频檚 outlined in the petition,91裸聊视频� Locke told the Now-Leader on Tuesday. 91裸聊视频淢aybe he hasn91裸聊视频檛 had a chance to look at it yet.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 find it pretty disrespectful on behalf of both the premier and his solicitor general that they don91裸聊视频檛 lift a phone and call, they would rather do this through the media,91裸聊视频� Locke said, 91裸聊视频渁nd I don91裸聊视频檛 comply to that.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 think they don91裸聊视频檛 know what to do and they are trying to pressure me into withdrawing the petition,91裸聊视频� Locke said. 91裸聊视频淭hey want to have a simple solution to a very, very complicated situation and they91裸聊视频檙e having a hard time proving their case. I have asked them many times to tell me why they91裸聊视频檙e doing this.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e got 72 years of RCMP doing a great job for the City of Surrey, we91裸聊视频檝e got a crime severity index that has declined for over a decade and all of a sudden now we91裸聊视频檙e saying they91裸聊视频檙e no longer keeping Surrey safe? I beg to differ.91裸聊视频�

The court petition claims the promised $150 million 91裸聊视频� which the city has not yet received 91裸聊视频� would leave Surrey with a shortfall of $85.4 million from fiscal years 2023 to 2027 91裸聊视频渆xclusive of anticipated capital costs.91裸聊视频�

Locke maintains the $150 million being offered toward the cost of the transition is not nearly enough to avoid massive tax increases for Surrey residents and would leave a funding shortfall of more than $314 million. The city estimates that, excluding costs of the transition, the SPS will annually cost $31.9 million more than keeping the RCMP and that dissolving the SPS to retain the Surrey RCMP would save Surrey about $235.4 million over the next five years.

91裸聊视频淟et me be very clear again 91裸聊视频� I will not sit on the sidelines and accept a provincial plan that will cost Surrey taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, lead to significant tax increases, and that will deliver no public safety benefit,91裸聊视频� she said during council91裸聊视频檚 regular meeting on Oct. 16.

The following day, Eby told reporters that the provincial government 91裸聊视频渉as committed to Surrey that we will support them, we understand their additional costs here, we will be working with that and I91裸聊视频檓 happy to have those discussions with Surrey.91裸聊视频�

Meantime, Locke sent a letter out to fellow mayors on Oct. 20 stating Surrey91裸聊视频檚 case, charging the provincial government with 91裸聊视频渃reating an environment for policing instability in the region91裸聊视频� and that it91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渢rying to take power over policing away from local governments.91裸聊视频�

She added in her letter she will be seeking 91裸聊视频渉undreds of millions more from the Province to protect Surrey taxpayers91裸聊视频� if it has the ability through 91裸聊视频渦nprecedented legislation91裸聊视频� to force the transition ahead.

If Surrey doesn91裸聊视频檛 maintain the RCMP as its police of jurisdiction, she told the mayors, Surrey91裸聊视频檚 share of division adminstrative costs 91裸聊视频� $32 million per year 91裸聊视频� will 91裸聊视频渘eed to be absorbed by all other municipalities across B.C. that continue to have RCMP provide policing services.91裸聊视频�

Locke told the Now-Leader she sent the letter 91裸聊视频渓etting them know that this is not just something that91裸聊视频檚 going to impact Surrey, that if you91裸聊视频檙e an RCMP jurisdiction you91裸聊视频檙e going to get hit with significant costs.91裸聊视频�