B.C. government to work with Metro Vancouver police departments wanting to donate ballistic vests to Ukraine

On Monday, Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth acknowledged receipt of a letter from all of Metro Vancouver’s mayors asking that “the province of B.C. and the government of Canada make the necessary legislative exemptions to facilitate donations of surplus non-lethal equipment to Ukraine from local governments and police departments, including end-of-life body armour.”

In statement, Farnworth said the B.C. Government stood with the people of Ukraine against Russia’s illegal invasion and remains ready to help. On Tuesday, Vagramov said he was hopeful the Port Moody Police Department would hear from the minister by the end of the week.Article content Erik Vogel, a retired Burnaby Fire Department Battalion Chief, has spend the last few years trying to donate used firefighting equipment to Latin American countries and had faced similar problems.

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