Defund the police? More like re-think how we fund them

If recent events prove anything, it is the need to reverse the escalating use of force as well as the militarization of the police in the suppression of dissent.

It is time for a parliamentary inquiry into police training and methods across Canada, especially as they relate to minority communities, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

June 17, 2020

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—A little less than two hours’ drive from here lies the city of Edmundston, N.B. With only 16,500 inhabitants, it is notable for straddling the borders of two provinces and two countries. But not much else. However, on June 4, Edmundston became the focal point of national media ...

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