In renewed push to overhaul First Nations policing, a call for shift away from ‘colonial’ approach

'You cannot police addictions, you cannot police mental health issues, and the money that is currently being spent would be better allocated back in the community to support people who know what to do in these areas,' says NDP MP Leah Gazan.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, pictured May 25, 2020, is responsible for co-developing new legislative framework for police services in the wake of a string of violent run-ins Indigenous people have had with police in recent weeks.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 12, 2020

Amid increasing pressure on the government to overhaul policing services, some experts and Parliamentarians say Ottawa should resist “politically expedient” changes that fail to dismantle the power structures that have left many communities feeling unsafe.

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