‘In democracies, police and politicians follow the laws as written, not as they wish they were written.’ Was Emergencies Act necessary? Plus other letters to the editor for Nov. 23
: Among others, Jody Thomas, the Prime Minister’s national security and intelligence adviser, said that the invocation of the Emergencies Act was legitimate, because what constitutes a threat to national security now has changed since the act was drafted four decades ago. Thus the wording in the act is now too “narrow,” and the government should take a “broader” interpretation of threats.
Ms. Thomas might be right about the danger. But in democracies, police and politicians follow the laws as written, not as they wish they were written – a Canadian value we brag about and preach to the world.Plan For New Force Called ‘Disheartening’ The RCMP provides local policing in eight provinces and three territories. It may be time for the federal government to quit running a rent-a-cop service. The service has grown from its 1873 origins, to maintain order in the Northwest Territories, to providing sophisticated commercial and international services, but continues as a split personality still carrying out local policing.
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