March 28, 2024

Deadline approaches to ratify RCMP deal

The deadline set by the province for municipalities to ratify the newRCMP contract is this Thursday, and a few communities are still holding back.  Langley City mayor, and municipal observer to the contract talks, Peter Fassbender says he expects about 50 of the 62 communities to ratify by the deadline.  Fassbender says while the province … [Read more...]

Confusion at the civic level as a deadline approaches to sign off on BC’s new RCMP contract.

As we near the end of March deadline to sign off on a new RCMP contract for BC, Mayors have yet to even see the document.   Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore said "No we haven't. We had a briefing in the beginning of January but we haven't actually seen the contract yet."  He is echoed by John Ruttan, Mayor of Nanaimo when asked if he had … [Read more...]