Feds should absorb retroactive RCMP staffing costs, say NDP MP Johns and Conservative MP Falk

Alberta Municipalities president Cathy Heron said the collective bargaining agreement 'was done with our money, but without our input.'

NDP MP Gord Johns said the retroactive costs will affect other municipal services. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

May 29, 2023

Two MPs who represent rural ridings say the federal government should cover the hundreds of millions of dollars in retroactive costs owed by municipalities due to a collective bargaining agreement reached with RCMP members in 2021, warning that passing on the ...

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