Overview
- The federal government will deploy 20 additional RCMP officers with helicopter support and will convene a national police summit in Surrey within two weeks.
- Surrey’s council had unanimously asked Ottawa to recognize a local state of emergency and appoint a national extortion commissioner, with staff directed to report back within 30 days.
- Surrey Police arrested two foreign nationals after officers heard a suspected gunshot, seized a loaded handgun, and laid firearm and driving charges as CBSA engagement was initiated.
- B.C. Premier David Eby called the campaign of threats and shootings a “terror attack in slow motion” and pressed Parliament to quickly pass Bill C-14 on bail and sentencing reform.
- The province’s anti-extortion task force reports dozens of active investigations, and media accounts say many recent attacks have targeted members of the South Asian community.