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Surrey councillors under fire for behavior concerning pandemic travel guidelines

The Now-Leader has reached out to Mayor Doug McCallum on both matters, but has not yet received a response
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Screen shot of Surrey mayors March 16 presser on COVID-19 at city hall, with Councillor Mandeep Nagra (far right). (From City of Surrey video)

They run with a slate called Safe Surrey Coalition.

But recent events have some questioning two city councillors91裸聊视频 adherence to that concept following reports Councillor Laurie Guerra is in Mexico during this Coronavirus pandemic, and Councillor Mandeep Nagra91裸聊视频檚 attendance at the mayor91裸聊视频檚 March 16 press conference concerning the city91裸聊视频檚 response to the public health crisis, 10 days after he returned from a trip to India.

The Now-Leader has reached out to Mayor Doug McCallum on both matters, but has not yet received a response.

On March 13, McCallum held a press conference at city hall to discuss the city91裸聊视频檚 response to COVID-19, in which he stated, 91裸聊视频淏y taking personal responsibility, you are not only protecting yourself, you are protecting your family, loved ones, friends, and ultimately your community.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频淲e have also instituted a ban on all work-related international travel for staff,91裸聊视频 he said at that presser.

The Now-Leader has yet to establish why Guerra is in Mexico, when she left and when she91裸聊视频檚 scheduled to return. Phone calls to her have not been returned. The next council meeting is set for April 6.

On March 12, provincial health officials issued a recommendation for British Columbians not to travel outside Canada and, for those that do, to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return.

McCallum also held a presser on Monday, March 16 at city hall concerning COVID-19 with a few city councillors at his side, Nagra among them. Nagra had returned from a trip to India on March 6.

Nagra told the Now-Leader on Wednesday that after he returned he isolated himself 91裸聊视频渇or almost a week, but there was no guidelines for isolation, they came in on the 12th. If the guidelines had came on the 6th, I would have stayed home, but I was at the next council meeting.91裸聊视频

That meeting was on March 9, three days after he got back. 91裸聊视频淪o there were no guidelines or instructions to stay home 14 days after your arrival.91裸聊视频

After he became aware of the guidelines, he said, 91裸聊视频淚 stayed home most of the time. I did not attend any gatherings. I was invited to a number of events, but I cancelled everything.91裸聊视频

He said he cancelled on a Sikh temple event on Wednesday morning.

Asked why he attended the mayor91裸聊视频檚 COVID-19 presser on Monday, Nagra replied, 91裸聊视频淚 checked for any symptoms, I91裸聊视频檓 feeling totally fine and healthy. There91裸聊视频檚 absolutely no symptoms at all.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频淚 am taking all the precautions and I am watching for any symptoms as the arise,91裸聊视频 Nagra said. 91裸聊视频淏ut I91裸聊视频檓 totally healthy and there are no symptoms at all, and that91裸聊视频檚 the reason I was there. I think we should all be self-isolating right now, right.

91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 know where people are catching it from, we don91裸聊视频檛 have the exact source, right, we might be catching the same common places like door handles and all that stuff. So we should all be self-isolating at this time, to stop the spread,91裸聊视频 he said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 only getting out when I really have to. I have this responsibility where I have to make sure that the safety of our residents is ensured, so that91裸聊视频檚 the reason I was there at the press conference.91裸聊视频

As for Guerra, he said, 91裸聊视频淚 think she91裸聊视频檒l be back by the end of this week.91裸聊视频

Paul Daynes, a strategist for the Keep the RCMP in Surrey campaign, is not impressed.

91裸聊视频淲ell, I think Surrey, we91裸聊视频檝e had to deal with a very nasty virus called the Safe Surrey Coalition,91裸聊视频 he said. 91裸聊视频淭hey have absolutely no sense whatsoever of social responsibility. Guerra goes to Mexico the day before a travel advisory is given.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频淪ociety, generally, is trying to make things easier for their citizens,91裸聊视频 he said.

Concerning Nagra, Daynes has this to say.

91裸聊视频淓very other citizen seems to be getting the message, I mean the media are accused of many things, but not getting the information out there, the do91裸聊视频檚 and the don91裸聊视频檛91裸聊视频檚, is not one of them. We91裸聊视频檙e being inundated with it; there91裸聊视频檚 no excuse for not knowing what is the right thing to do. Does he need to be told what the right thing to do is? Because 99 per cent of the people I encounter, from the rich, the powerful, the influential down to just ordinary working Joes like myself, we all know what the right thing to do is, but these guys clearly don91裸聊视频檛.91裸聊视频

Councillor Brenda Locke, who at press time said she91裸聊视频檇 been working at home because she was nursing a 91裸聊视频渟tupid cold,91裸聊视频 told the Now-Leader 91裸聊视频淚 understand91裸聊视频 that Guerra is in Mexico but she doesn91裸聊视频檛 know exactly where.

91裸聊视频淪he said she was leaving on Friday, I believe she91裸聊视频檚 still there. I don91裸聊视频檛 really know, but,91裸聊视频 Locke said. 91裸聊视频淪he left on vacation. I don91裸聊视频檛 want to comment on anything she91裸聊视频檚 doing. I guess people made arrangements for spring break, and she probably made the arrangement some time ago.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频淚 just know she said she was going to Mexico.91裸聊视频

As for Nagra, Locke noted 91裸聊视频渢his thing is moving pretty fast91裸聊视频 and at the time he came back, she thinks, 91裸聊视频渢hey didn91裸聊视频檛 say to him he had to self-monitor or self-isolate. This thing has moved so quickly.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频淎lso, when Mandeep went, India wasn91裸聊视频檛 one with a big red dot on it at that time. It is now, but it wasn91裸聊视频檛 then.91裸聊视频



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