Lawyer for three First Nations police services says 12-month court-ordered funding extension will force Ottawa to fix 'mess' of discriminatory Indigenous policing agreements
A lawyer who successfully fought to temporarily extend funding for three First Nations police services — after a lack of funding threatened to shut them down — says the win in Federal Court is just the beginning of Indigenous communities pushing back against Ottawa imposing inequitable policing agreements upon them.
“I can say unequivocally that this is a game changer for vindicating concerns First Nations police leaders have had for a very long time. It utterly exposes the inequities and frankly, half truths that Public Safety Canada has been putting out there,” said Falconer, of the court decision handed down late last week.
Falconer says First Nations police services are also prohibited from consulting with legal representation about multimillion-dollar agreements with Ottawa, especially when it comes to interpreting or negotiating them. “Public Safety Canada clings to these prohibitions — clings to them even though a judge recognizes there’s no rationale for them. There’s no explanation,” said Falconer.
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