The mayor of a town near Victoria says the province should not apply a one-size-fits-all approach to certain policies.

View Royal Mayor Sid Tobias, who said he will not be running for re-election, said in a meeting last week that he believes relations with the BC NDP are at a historic low.

“One of the interesting observations that I have is, I think we are starting to lose our grip on how fragile democracies really are,” Tobias said at the Oct. 14 meeting.

“I think that cabinet has isolated itself from any input and I think that is dangerous,” he said.

“I mean, that puts the power of decision-making into a few people’s hands. They’re saying, “We know what’s best’.”

Tobias pointed to the NDP’s housing policy, calling Bill 25, which would legislate changes to parking requirements in s

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