Val-Dor Protest: Officers and Ada Chevrier

val-dor protest: Ghislain Picard, chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, said there already a shortage of Indigenous police officers working on First Nations reserves, so it will be difficult to fill new positions, according to CBC. If there no extra funding coming from somewhere, then definitely the proposal is going to fall short, he told CBC Radio Daybreak. The stars have aligned All-Inuit team of RCMP makes up Iqaluit Friday night shift The new station will be devoted to community policing and will be staffed by a combination of S ret du Qu bec SQ officers and officers from Indigenous police forces. Ada Chevrier of Timiskaming First Nation took part in a Val-dOr protest earlier this month over the allegations of abuse against SQ officers. Higher Education Minister H l ne David committed to eliminating a 17,500 fee for the 900-hour police training program offered to Indigenous students at the CEGEP vocational college in Alma, north of Quebec City, a spokesperson confirmed to CBC News. Jonathan Montpetit/CBC Financial help for training The Quebec government took a step in that direction last week, making changes aimed at encouraging more Indigenous youth and visible minorities to work as police officers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.