“Instead of padding their pockets, David Eby and the NDP need to make public safety a priority” ~~ Elenore Sturko, Opposition Critic for Public Safety and Solicitor General
The NDP government’s refusal to fund provincial 911 and emergency communications services across the province could leave us vulnerable in the case of a major emergency, such as a natural disaster. This was the message delivered by Elenore Sturko to a group of 10 South Island mayors and councils who protested the downloading of the cost for services provided by E-Comm 911. Local municipalities are currently forced to shoulder the burden for provincial emergency communications. “Most British Columbians don’t know that the province isn’t funding the services provided by E-Comm or that we don’t have a provincial emergency communications network,” said Elenore Sturko, Official Opposition Critic for Public Safety and the Solicitor General. “ There are communities in B.C. that currently do not have access to 911 services. This is outrageous after eight years of an NDP government ." E-Comm 911 is a private company that is contracted to provide 911 emergency communications servic...