Indigenous police chiefs in Ontario sue Ottawa, alleging federal public-safety programs are one-sided and unfair
police forces in Ontario is suing the federal government, saying an impasse in negotiations for funding threatens their ability to continue operating.
The group’s legal action seeks an expedited judicial order directing the federal government to flow money into the affected reserves, which the court filing says are already dealing with “high crime rates, addictions and mental health challenges.”Negotiations for new contracts have broken down, according to the filing, andThese police forces, whose officers are based mostly in Northern Ontario, say in the court documents that they are now using their last remaining funding.
The police chiefs say the policy prevents First Nations from accessing specialized policing services, owning infrastructure and getting legal advice on funding agreements. But he said this would not be a solution. OPP officers no longer know the lay of the land, he said, because they were replaced by Treaty Three Police 20 years ago.
Problems with renegotiating expiring contracts under the program are not new. In 2014, an auditor-general’s report urged federal officials to stop making last-minute policing dealsthis week to ask him to intervene. ”Since the funds for these three services are running out and a public safety crisis looms, we are resorting to the Federal Court on an emergency basis,” the letter says.
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