I stand to be corrected but I do not think we have had any detachment cutbacks just recently. It is something that it is always a possibility when financial times are tight. I think what is happening, is not that we have cut the RCMP back but they are feeling the crunch from Ottawa as well. Some of their expenses have gone up and that kind of thing. What they have tried to do is make a priority to keep the small detachments open because they know you need to have some kind of presence. They have done their best to do that. More and more, they are also trying to share resources by having administrative tasks performed, what they are calling a hub basis. Every community may have an officer, but they may not do all the administrative functions, those kinds of things to centralize that a little bit within regions.
Ms. Sanders on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 17th, 1998
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Sanders
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