SURREY, B.C. — Protesters calling on city councillors in Surrey, B.C.
, to ask for a ceasefire in Gaza have instead triggered a series of security changes that include the temporary end of all in-person attendance at council meetings by members of the public.
"Victoria is too far away for me to go to get my voice heard politically, same thing with Ottawa," he said in an interview Tuesday."I can't fly to Ottawa to talk about these issues, but I could go to Surrey City Hall to try and address these concerns." Council passed a motion on Monday to allow members of the public to attend and participate in meetings electronically, starting at the next meeting on April 8.
"We do need an outlet for residents to express their concerns and our city has blocked off every outlet and so it has come to this," he said.
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