OTTAWA – Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce laws declaring First Nations policing a necessary service within the new 12 months.
In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Mendicino says the legislation is being developed with Indigenous communities, who deserve “the identical high quality of policing” as non-Indigenous communities.
Again in September Mendicino instructed reporters he would “work across the clock” to have the legislation able to be launched this fall, however that didn’t occur.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lengthy promised to create laws declaring First Nations policing a necessary service.
Tragedies such because the stabbing rampage on James Smith Cree Nation in September, which left 11 lifeless and 18 others injured, have amplified the requires change.
Ottawa offers funding for police companies on First Nations, however a assessment earlier this 12 months discovered there’s a lack of sources and underfunding of service agreements.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 21, 2022.
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