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On Wednesday, Premier David Eby said the head of the B.C. The extortion task force needs to demonstrate a sense of urgency or step aside.

It followed remarks made by Assistant Commissioner John Brewer, who refused to label the extortion shootings in Surrey a “crisis” during a press conference on Tuesday.

Eby said Brewer’s comments “cut at public confidence” in the task force’s work and leadership.

Hours later, Brewer issued an apology, saying he did not mean to call into question the force’s commitment to the task.

Brewer said he was attempting to reassure the public during an update on the task force’s work, but acknowledged his remarks had the opposite effect.

In his apology, he added that the task force’s commitment to combating extortion “has not wavered,” and that extortion remains one of the RCMP’s top priorities.