B.C.'s public safety minster has written to Surrey's mayor and council urging them to read a confidential report then schedule a final vote on whether to keep or scrap the RCMP.
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As the city moves toward hiring a new ethics commissioner this year, Reece Harding says a lot needs to change in order for the ethics commissioner's office to be more transparent, independent and effective.
When Surrey announced it would be the first municipality in B.C. to have an ethics commissioner, it was hoped it would usher in a new era of transparency at city hall. But little more than two years later, the future of the office is in limbo.
A Surrey city councillor is challenging whether the mayor should continue his duties while awaiting trial for a public mischief charge, in light of updated provincial legislation.