Halifax is disputing the amount of property tax the federal government pays on RCMP headquarters in Burnside Industrial Park.
Frustration is mounting in provincial governments that rely on the RCMP's services as they wait for Ottawa to come up with a plan for the beleaguered national police service.Outside of Ontario and Quebec, the RCMP provides front-line policing services through contract agreements with the provinces and territories, which will expire in 2032.
"We're certainly calling on the federal government to examine the relationship between contract policing and federal policing inside the organization," said NSICOP's chair, Liberal MP David McGuinty.suggesting Ottawa is open to changing the RCMP's mandate so that it concentrates entirely on federal policing — making the RCMP more like the FBI.
"The province and local government in B.C. require the federal government to communicate its plans on the future of contract policing as soon as possible so that all parties have enough planning and implementation time to fully engage in negotiations. "The RCMP just do not have enough human beings to police Canada, regardless of the amount of money that we give them," Ellis told a recent news conference. "That's a challenge, I get that. But I can't wait for them to just continue to try to figure stuff out.""The RCMP has a good reputation in our rural communities. We want to keep them there," he said.
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