A week after sending a letter to the Federal Public Safety Minister, after surprise RCMP pay hikes, and there is still no answer from Ottawa.
Langley city Mayor, and municipal observer to the RCMP talks, Peter Fassbender says the message from mayors and the province is blunt.
He said “We have made it clear minister Bond and her staff have made it clear don’t drag the puck on this one to long we have got a lot of people who want answers to please give it to us in a timely fashion so we can fill everybody in and put this issue behind us and move on to the more important issue of the new contract.”
Fassbender admits he has had conversations with mayors who are upset about the unexpected costs.
he says he is telling them to look at the big picture “I have been talking to a number of them. I had a discussion with the mayor of Kamloops today and I am really encouraging them to look at this miscommunication on this particular wage package in isolation of the new contract because the new contract is exactly why we need to sign.”
Fassbender says he is working with the province on a plan to pass information on to local governments, once it arrives from ottawa.
The plan will be worked on in a conference call Thursday between Fassbender and Minister Bond’s staff.
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