Thursday, April 10, 2014

RCMP Disagreements in Public...

Last October - the BC RCMP and the BC Ministry of Transportation had a 'public disagreement' over the definition of 'Winter Tires' in BC - view that here

Now - the RCMP and ICBC (Insurance Corp of BC) have aired their disagreement over Chinese drivers' licenses in public.  Richmond RCMP are relying on a court interpretation regarding the validity of these international drivers' licenses while ICBC says Chinese drivers' licenses are perfectly valid in BC as per the Motor Vehicle Act - read a story on this from today's Province here

As I've said on my personal Facebook page -- it is not good from a public relations perspective to see inter-government agencies battle each other in public.  Rather these organizations (RCMP, Ministry of Transportation/Infrastructure (MOTI) and ICBC) simply must find a way to resolve their interpretation differences in private.  If not - the public will be confused as to who is right on public safety matters -- RCMP or MOTI/ICBC?

~SF

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