Justice committee  I think our membership, first off, would, say, try to find a Crown prosecutor who would lay the charge of assault of a police officer on the one hand. There is that. Second, as for actually going to trial and having that, in today's underfunded and over-taxed judicial system, I

Justice committee  This is a big discussion. When I mentioned in my opening remarks the whole of government, we're not talking about just federal, obviously, because your health care systems are run provincially. All of those challenges are with respect to federal and provincial funding, not to men

Justice committee  In my experience, when we're not talking about violence and we're not talking about firearms, diversionary programs and treatment programs are extremely effective, and they are supportive of the rehabilitative nature of Canada's justice system.

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. I am familiar with the position they have lobbied you on. Essentially, what we're talking about is that we entrust police officers with a lot of power and authority in Canada. Section 25 of the Criminal Code gives them essentially the ability to take a

Justice committee  I think we have to delineate the two. On the one hand, we're talking about police officers who are trained and highly regulated within their use of force continuum, and we're talking about specifics—and they are rare—where a police officer may get convicted or charged for a use

Justice committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to appear today. I'm Brian Sauvé, a sergeant in the RCMP and current president of the National Police Federation, which is the certified bargaining agent representing close to 20,000 members of the RCMP. I'd like to begin by acknowledg

Human Resources committee  That's an excellent question, and I agree. If you go back to early 2020, there was broad public discussion around de-funding or de-tasking the police, which really, from our perspective, has been from Canadians who are asking for a re-funding of other social programs because they

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. It's actually a very good place to start a big discussion. A lot has been done in the last decade with respect to police and studying work-life balance and the impacts of overburdening. I think recognition through CIMVHR and CIPSRT and the studies tha

Human Resources committee  Thank you, that is a good question. To be 100% accurate, I will answer in English. When we talk about applicants and attrition, the attrition rate at Depot, once the applicant has been accepted to go to Regina, has grown exponentially over the last number of years to almost 30%

Human Resources committee  Yes, we'll do that, no problem. Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Yes. In Ontario, the OPP in smaller rural jurisdictions—similar to the RCMP in other rural jurisdictions in many other provinces—is facing very similar labour and recruitment challenges, which, in the grand scheme, results in challenges from work-life balance to burnout. It's on

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for inviting us to appear today. I'm Brian Sauvé, president of the National Police Federation. We're the sole certified bargaining agent representing close to 20,000 members of the RCMP below the rank of inspector. The past two years

Public Safety committee  Thank you. That's actually a good question. What is rarely spoken about in law enforcement public proceedings is that our members serve in some of the most isolated posts in Canada. Sometimes they are the only representatives of the Government of Canada in those communities. Ev

Public Safety committee  I think that would be a best practice. Perhaps before firearms are sent for destruction, they should be recorded. They should not necessarily be traced, but perhaps recorded and test-fired and all of that great stuff. I realize that now I'm making a suggestion that increases th

Public Safety committee  I realize that this could be considered ironic because you have a labour union here that's asking for more members. One of the challenges that we see in gun crime in Canada is actual coordination. As an evidence-based union, we try to bring forth positions that are based in evide