Former Liberal public safety minister and solicitor general Mike Morris says the NDP provincial government is 害羞草研究所渦surping害羞草研究所� 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 Opposition害羞草研究所檚 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.

害羞草研究所淭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,害羞草研究所� Morris told reporters Tuesday. 害羞草研究所淚 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.害羞草研究所�

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 害羞草研究所渏ust the latest害羞草研究所� in the provincial government害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所渉eavy hand害羞草研究所� approach to municipalities.

害羞草研究所淭his is a piece of legislation that is changing because frankly the government害羞草研究所檚 mishandling of this file so badly and it害羞草研究所檚 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 害羞草研究所渓ack of transparency害羞草研究所� in this transition is 害羞草研究所渧ery concerning害羞草研究所� and has ramifications for municipalities across the province that have RCMP detachments that the provincial government 害羞草研究所渨ill not talk about.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淥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 there害羞草研究所檚 a lot of transparency issues.害羞草研究所�

Milobar charged the provincial government with bringing in a 害羞草研究所渟ledgehammer piece of legislation instead of dealing with the issue that they害羞草研究所檝e created in the first place.害羞草研究所�