In theory, the B.C. government’s news conference on Monday was about health-care professionals teaming up with police officers on mental health calls.
In reality, it became the latest example of Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth dodging and weaving multiple questions about what the province plans to do about policing in Surrey.
“I know this is an important decision,” said Farnworth, after confirming he would be making an announcement Wednesday about the issue, now in its fifth year of uncertainty.
“And I also know this: policing agencies with either municipalities or the RCMP are professional organizations, and that however the decision comes down on Wednesday, I know [they] are going to continue to do
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