Prof. Stewart Prest on the Surrey, BC police deal
Professor Stewart Prest says the BC government likely wanted to end the Surrey police controversy ahead of the fall election and “while the issue itself has been put to bed, we may yet see continuing debate on who is responsible for the way this has played out.”
Prof. Gerald Baier discusses Mayor Brenda Locke’s attempts to keep the RCMP in Surrey
Professor Gerald Baier says the first-past-the-poll electoral system combined with low voter turnout can be problematic for politicians like Mayor Locke to take the high road over huge policy shifts because “you can make a claim of legitimacy, but can you make a democratic … mandate claim that this is something overwhelmingly wanted by people?”