{"id":809094,"date":"2026-07-18T01:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809094\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T01:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:45:21","slug":"surrey-council-calls-for-inquiry-into-metro-vancouver-regional-entities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809094\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey council calls for inquiry into Metro Vancouver regional entities\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surrey\u2019s city council voted to approve a motion during Monday\u2019s meeting to initiate an inquiry into Metro Vancouver regional entities.<\/p>\n<p>Council is asking B.C.\u2019s Inspector of Municipalities to investigate concerns surrounding governance and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns cited in the motion focus on financial stewardship, fairness to member municipalities, engineering, environmental, and other records from the Surrey Board of Directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurrey residents deserve to know that the organizations collecting and spending public money are operating with transparency, integrity, and respect for the people they serve,\u201d Mayor Brenda Locke said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen serious concerns arise, leadership demands action. That is exactly what Council is doing to help restore public confidence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Surrey\u2019s council also wants the Inspector to review bylaws, decisions, and actions of the Metro Vancouver Regional Board, the Greater Vancouver Water District, and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Council wants Metro Vancouver to pay the cost of the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about politics. It\u2019s about accountability,\u201d said Locke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo public institution funded by taxpayers should be beyond scrutiny. If Metro Vancouver\u2019s governance is sound, a public inquiry will confirm that. If it is not, the public has every right to know, and reforms must follow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response, Jillian Glover, Media Relations and Issues Management for Metro Vancouver, stated that it \u201coperates under the requirements of the Local Government Act and follows all legislated financial reporting, disclosure, and public meeting requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAudited financial statements and annual reports are available to residents,\u201d said Glover.<\/p>\n<p>According to Glover, Metro Vancouver retained Deloitte Canada to conduct an independent review of Board governance in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Twenty-four of 47 recommendations have been implemented so far. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey\u2019s city council voted to approve a motion during Monday\u2019s meeting to initiate an inquiry into Metro Vancouver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-809094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}