SYDNEY, N.S. — Canada’s public safety minister says supplanting Eskasoni’s current RCMP setup with a more Indigenous-focused policing system in the ...
Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, left, holds talks with CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall and Sydney-Victoria MP Jaime Battiste during the minister's visit to Cape Breton this week. CONTRIBUTED - CONTRIBUTEDSYDNEY, N.S. — Canada’s public safety minister says supplanting Eskasoni’s current RCMP setup with a more Indigenous-focused policing system in the community could be a possibility down the line.
Mendicino said in his conversations with the community, he’s heard that the Eskasoni RCMP wanted to recruit more Mi’kmaw members to the force, but equally “that we provide enhanced culturally sensitive training to all Mounties who work in Eskasoni and other First Nations communities if they can speak Mi’kmaw. Because that helps to de-escalate the potential for conflict,” he added.
“We talked a lot about that … and about getting them additional support under our First Nations and Inuit Policing Program,” he said. “I am going to work very closely with the community, my department, and the Nova Scotia government — and looking forward to conversations with my provincial counterpart and the RCMP to deliver that.”
“We talked about the need to ensure that we’re keeping our communities safe from gun violence,” he said. “In that regard, we talked about getting Bill C-21 right, and investments we’re making to strengthen our borders and stop illegal gun trafficking”
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