There will be no good news for North Cowichan, as well as nine other communities in south Vancouver Island including Duncan and Ladysmith, in regards to taking on the costs of the E-comm 911 service that are planned to be downloaded to the municipalities in 2025.
In a letter to North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas, Douglas S. Scott, the province’s Deputy Solicitor General, said the 10 municipalities will be responsible for taking over 100 per cent of the costs of the E-comm 911 service as of April 1, 2025, as planned.
“It is a condition of the transition funding [from the province for the service] that respective municipalities and E-Comm make every effort to negotiate and sign agreements for the provision of dispatch services by April 1, 2025,” Scott said in the letter to Douglas on behalf of Mike Farnworth, minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General…