Mr. Speaker, yesterday in response to a question about the lack of RCMP funding the parliamentary secretary said “bring us the specifics and we will address them”.
Here are some specifics. Last week the three member federal drug squad covering the north half of Vancouver Island was eliminated. In Port McNeill the already short-staffed detachment lost another constable with no replacement in sight.
When will the minister stop the bleeding, fill the vacant positions and restore the millions of dollars missing from the RCMP's core budget?