We didn’t always agree on important issues, but he gets the credit for the Surrey-Langley extension: Linda Annis
Surrey, B.C. (March 2, 2026): Surrey First councillor and candidate for mayor Linda Annis wants to name one of the SkyTrain stations on the 16 km Surrey-Langley extension after former mayor Doug McCallum. Annis says she will bring forward a notice of motion that calls on council to support the idea.
“Doug and I did not always agree on some big issues, but when it comes to the SkyTrain extension to Langley, he deserves the credit,” noted Annis. “There are eight stations and three transit exchanges on the new $6 billion extension, and before TransLink or the provincial government start giving them names, I think we should make sure one has Doug’s name on it when the line opens in 2029. It will be a well-deserved 85th birthday present.”
When Annis announced she was running for mayor in September last year, she also said she wanted to create a mayors advisory council, made up of former Surrey mayors.
“Every mayor has a different style and different priorities, but the thing they all have in common is that each is one of only a handful of people who have ever held the job,” said Annis. “I want to put that experience to work if I’m elected mayor, and I’d like to have our former mayors provide insight into important city issues.”
Annis added that mayors also have different styles when it comes to running the city.
“The police transition is another good example of two different styles,” said Annis. “Doug McCallum and Brenda Locke pushed the police transition through council with no real input from the community. I called for a referendum because the transition was about a fundamental change in our city, and it would have given the community the final say and ultimately saved time and money when you realize we are now in year eight of the transition.”
Annis said while the SkyTrain extension is an important new addition, she also wants to see more transit that connects local neighbourhoods.
“SkyTrain does an incredible job of connecting cities along its routes, but we also need to look at how we connect our neighbourhoods,” said Annis. “I want to see Light Rail (LRT) in our future, with the capacity to connect neighbourhoods across the city, the way it does in Europe and other Canadian and American cities. We’re about to become our province’s biggest city and rapid transit has to be the sort of priority where we flex our political muscle in Ottawa and Victoria. Surrey residents are still forced to spend too much time in their cars, because we don’t have the transit we need to meet the needs of our growing city.”