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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
What's there to discuss?
[Bold]RCMP need to staff the detachment and restore order. [/Bold]
Treaty of 1752 was upheld by the Supreme Court in R v Marshall.
The Mi'kmaq have a right to fish for a moderate living.
Full stop.
Even if the Mi'kmaq weren't allowed to fish (which again, they are) its still illegal to assault people, burn cars & buildings and destroy property.
The fact that the RCMP went this long understaffing the detachment, in turn not enforcing the peace, is unacceptable.
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The RCMP doesn't determine the level of staffing, that is determined by whoever holds the contract, be it the province or the municipality Who are also responsible for determining the policing priority.
Most of the comments on here about this being an RCMP staffing or policing problem don't know what they are talking about.
Usually the municipality and the RCMP settle around one member for say around 1000 people, but that is primarily guided by what the municipality (city council) is willing to pay
Historically Well off municipalities will pay for extra members. Stratcona county is always flush so they have more members per capita.
The RCMP is contracted to the town or county, if council wants them to not intervene in a protest, or not show up in force their actions will be swayed by that direction...to a degree
This isn't caused by poor policing, it is almost certainly government induced