B.C. mayors and councillors who are in Victoria for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention will join Save Our Streets for a rally at the legislature Wednesday (Sept. 24).
SOS and municipal leaders plan to call for provincial and federal governments to prioritize public safety with a rally at 12:20 p.m. on the lower steps of the building on Belleville Street.
The call comes one year after SOS released the results of a province-wide poll that showed widespread public dissatisfaction with provincial and federal inaction on crime, public safety, addiction and mental illness, and the justice system.
Scheduled speakers include Jess Ketchum, co-founder of Save Our Streets; Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto; Cori Ramsay, Prince George councillor and UBCM first vice-president; Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog; Sechelt Mayor John Henderson; Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas; and Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West.
Save Our Streets is a coalition of more than 100 community and business organizations committed to seeing governments bring order and public safety back to communities across British Columbia. For more information, visit www.SaveOurStreets.ca.
