tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251250297030815041.post4620846643505109354..comments2023-08-07T22:39:49.127-07:00Comments on Blog Borg Collective: Ironic? Canada spent $1 Billion for a new RCMP provincial headquarters in Surrey which is now severing the RCMP North Van's Grumpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251250297030815041.post-26155666513394809572019-04-09T11:08:16.763-07:002019-04-09T11:08:16.763-07:00The old headquarters was in the City of Vancouver ...The old headquarters was in the City of Vancouver and the City of Vancouver has always had its own headquarters. Of course in my opinion, the move to Surrey simply made some one or several some ones a lot of money. there was no need to move it and they already owned the land in Vancouver. Didn't know it was a P3 but it doesn't surprise me, given who was the provincial government. <br /><br />The move to Surrey was in my opinion, political to benefit Watts. Then she left, thinking she was getting a better offer.<br /><br />The RCMP was never built to be a urban police force. They ought not to be a police force in any city with approx. 100K people. Police forces who ultimate loyalty lives in Ottawa, will never work in a city. surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Nanaimo, Kelowna, etc. all need their own police forces.<br /><br />What is funny, is they spent a billion on this building but B.C. doesn't have any RCMP working on money laundering, and yes, when they built that billion dollar edifice money laundering was alive and well in B.C. its always been here, its just it got so big because it was so easy and had a provincial government which, in my opinion, was willing to turn a blind eye to it. <br /><br />Where Surrey will build its new headquarters, who knows, they have enough land. might be a good idea to build it in the middle of the city, leaving room for a new city hall, hospital, jail, housing, etc. They need to build it with a 100 yrs in mind. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.com