The assessment comes in a new report in which Caroline Maynard takes the Mounties to task for failing to address long-standing issues in the handling of access-to-information requests.
The system arrives at the same time as unusually high tides, raising the potential for flooding and prompting cities such as Courtenay and Delta to issue storm surge advisories or install portable flood barriers along low-lying areas.
Three groups allege the department's Neighbourhood Response Unit will "intensify disproportionate and discriminatory policing" in some downtown neighbourhoods.
Dr. Bonnie Henry says they know that certain sections of the population are disproportionately targeted when fines are handed out, including those with disabilities, the homeless and racialized communities.
The bill, to be tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday, would be a step toward realizing commitments set out in the mandate letter of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.