Public can watch proceeds electronically but will not be allowed inside council chambers
Protesters calling on city councillors in Surrey, British Columbia, 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.
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. Coun. Linda Annis said the protests began late last year. She said the mayor later read a statement saying there was no room for Islamophobia and antisemitism anywhere in the world.
On a livestream of a Jan. 15 meeting, protesters could be heard chanting inside council chambers. A recess was quickly taken and the meeting was moved to another room.“Typically a speaker would come up and speak to the issue in Gaza and then they would start to chant,” she said.
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