A provincial police force is among a list of proposals from Alberta’s ‘fair deal’ panel designed to give the province more autonomy from Ottawa
When Alberta politicians talk about ways to give the province greater control over its affairs, the prospect of a provincial police force is almost always part of the conversation.
Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party government revived the idea once again, including it among the policies up for review by his “fair deal” panel, which was tasked with finding ways to wrestle more autonomy from Ottawa. The The PwC report says the startup costs of replacing the RCMP with a new police force would be $366-million to $371-million over six years.That comparison shows a provincial force could be slightly cheaper to operate overall than the RCMP – as low as $734-million, compared with $783-million for the RCMP – but that comparison doesn’t take into account the fact that the federal government subsidizes the cost of using the Mounties by as much as 30 per cent.
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