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The police are NOT an executive function and do not report to the PM. The Ottawa police, report to the city of Ottawa. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Po
by eumenides1 2y ago
The police are NOT an executive function and do not report to the PM.
The Ottawa police, report to the city of Ottawa. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Police_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Police_Service)
The Ontario police, report to the Province of Ontario (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Police)
The RCMP, reports of the Country of Canada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police). And the RCMP is "a police service for the whole of Canada to be used in the enforcement of the laws of the Dominion, but at the same time available for the enforcement of law generally in such provinces as may desire to employ its services."
The most important part is the RCMP enforcement in provinces is at the DESIRE of the provinces, in this case The Ontario Provincial Government.
Some Canadians may know the above.
- refurb 2y agoPlease read your own links! RCMP Minister responsible Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety How a Canadian doesn’t know the structure of their federal government is beyond me.
- eumenides1 2y agoThe local police do not report to the PM. It is that simple. Your local cops don't report to the president. The RCMP don't have jurisdiction in Ottawa. You said it yourself, it's the federal government and it's not the same as the municipal government.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoAdditionally regardless of formal "powers", no legitimate leader in any democratic govt wants to be seen "giving orders" to police forces -- that's entirely outside of democratic norms. The federal govt sets standards and expectations and framework for the RCMP. It should not, and does not (hopefully), tell them what to do on specific case files.