Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will spend Tuesday in Surrey to talk transit and crime and will wrap up the evening with a fundraiser.
Trudeau will join Premier John Horgan and the mayors of Surrey and Vancouver to make an announcement centred on light rail transit.
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Then it’s off to a roundtable discussion on gangs and gun control with the ministers of national defence, border security and organized crime reduction.
Ex-RCMP officer and Surrey council candidate Jack Hundial said he’d like to see some comprehensive actions from the government to address the issue of not only guns but — more importantly — gangs.
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“The issue of gangs has been paramount throughout the Lower Mainland, certainly guns back east, no doubt about it, but I think we need to do a fair assessment of targeting the right group of individuals that are committing these crimes.”
“Certainly from the federal perspective, I think it is a step in the right direction,” he said.
“Currently there’s no legislation that allows for police to without a warrant or some justifiable cause to enter into people’s private residences so I think we have to tread carefully on that but if that is what the public wishes then I think it’s a step in the right direction for Trudeau to step forward and say we have to re-evaluate this.”
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The Liberal Party will hold a fundraising dinner in the Newton area on Tuesday evening. Tickets start at $95 and go up to $1,500.
A release said media coverage is being “facilitated” for the event and the names, cities and provinces of those in attendance will be online within 45 days.