Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke wants her city to curb short-term rentals in conjunction with the B.C. government’s crackdown on them, the Surrey Now-Leader reported Thursday.

City council is scheduled to hear her motion October 30, the publication reported.

“This is really for us to make sure that we’re aligning with those provincial regulations,” she said.

Locke’s comments came after federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland applauded the B.C. government’s new legislation on STRs.

Ottawa is examining how it can convert STRs into more long-term rental housing units.

The B.C. crackdown on STR activity includes increasing violators’ fines to $3,000 from $1,000 per infraction per day. But Airbnb and the Conference Board of Canada maintain that STRs have not raised long-term rents and are not having a large impact on multi-residential housing supply.

Nathan Rotman, Airbnb’s Canadian leader, called for STRs to be regulated locally in a recent interview with Connect.