Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And this is a national issue. This isn't just one community in the Northwest Territories. During the pandemic, the depot where RCMP officers are trained in Regina was shut down and it was not accepting new recruits and was not graduating new recruits. So we are now in a time where there's a shortage across Canada of RCMP officers because they weren't training. So this is an issue that everyone is feeling. However, this is part of the daily operation of the RCMP. If there's staffing shortages, they deal with them. And the department works with them to deal with them. We do have a contract with them. And we work through the mechanisms in that contract to ensure that they are providing the services that we are paying for. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Oral Question 1113-19(2): Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Fort Smith
In the Legislative Assembly on May 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.
Oral Question 1113-19(2): Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Fort Smith
Oral Questions
May 31st, 2022
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