Federal Opposition: New Democrats

Government Talks Dept: B.C. Solicitor General Shirley Bond said she's received a take-it-or-leave it ultimatum from the Conservatives, including a threat to start pulling the Mounties out of the province, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The federal Opposition New Democrats are using the RCMP contract dispute to take shots at the Conservatives' crime-fighting agenda, saying the federal government talks tough on crime, but is threatening to leave B.C. without police protection and vICTORIA - The normally friendly relations between the federal Conservative government and B.C. Liberal government are being put to the test over talks to renew a 20-year contract with the RCMP in British Columbia. Meanwhile the Conservatives said Wednesday that after four years of failed talks aimed at brokering a new deal, a deadline is approaching. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.