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Premier Rachel Notley says Burnaby’s mayor is heading down a “slippery slope” by declaring his city won’t pay for policing at Trans Mountain pipeline protests.

Mayor Derek Corrigan, who is against the expansion, told the Globe and Mail Burnaby won’t pay for overtime and other RCMP costs around the protests.

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“We’re not paying for the additional policing costs that are being accumulated as a result of the protests at the Trans Mountain project,” Corrigan said.

“I don’t think there is anybody in the Western world who doesn’t know now that Burnaby is not paying.”

Speaking at a St. Albert transit announcement Monday, Notley slammed Corrigan’s statements as “disconcerting” and “irresponsible,” and suggested he take them back.

There should be a clear delineation between politics and policing, Notley said.

“Quite frankly, I think the mayor of Burnaby is stumbling into some pretty irresponsible areas,” she said.