Immigration: Solicitor General

Public Confidence Dept: That inquiry could colour the final stages of negotiations for a new RCMP contract. The squeaky-clean national force that took over community policing in British Columbia in 1950 – abruptly replacing the B.C. Provincial Police – is now facing a crisis of public confidence, according to Globe And Mail. As the former solicitor-general, and a former municipal chief of police, Mr. Heed said B.C. must assert more control over its police. He said he has heard too many times the RCMP promise to do better following controversy. “Somehow, mistakes continue to be made,” he said in an interview this week and but forces outside of cabinet are mustering, urging Mr. de Jong to instead seize this opportunity to rethink the crazy quilt of policing that covers the province. Critics will have a chance to advance their case when a public inquiry, announced Thursday, examines how two arms of police – the RCMP and the municipal Vancouver force – botched the hunt for serial killer Robert Pickton. Already, the Vancouver police – who have long pushed for a regional force – have signalled their intent to use that forum to press for “systemic changes” to policing in the province. “We have an opportunity that comes only once every 20 years to make policing better in British Columbia,” said Kash Heed, the Liberal MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview. “Let’s not blow this opportunity.” As reported in the news.
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