Posted on 09/26/2022 1:51:05 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
The Government of Alberta has sent instructions to the RCMP K-Division, the arm of the federal police force with authority in Alberta, to ignore direct orders from the federal Trudeau Government.
In a bid for assistance with the firearm confiscation program, federal Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino issued a direct request for support from the Kenney government in Alberta.
To make a long story short, the Alberta government declined.
Alberta’s Minister of Justice, Tyler Shandro announced today in a press conference that he will obstruct the gun grab by any means necessary. His office, in a coordinated response to Trudeau, issued orders to the K-Division expressly directing them to ignore federal orders on the matter.
https://thecountersignal.com/kenney-commands-alberta-rcmp/
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Red States need to do the same to the FBI here. Monitor every operation and shut them down when necessary.
I could be wrong, but I don’t think a Premier can tell a Federal power what to do in its province.
Alberta needs its own police force that is independent of the Federal government in order to do that.
It’s way past time for Alberta to secede from the ROC.
Awesome!
unless Freepers have a memory of Biden’s, Kenney is responsible for the lockdown deaths in AB and anti-convoy.
Canada has a federal government, but on paper they’re a confederation. The provinces have pretty strong rights.
CC
While I agree with the spirit of this, I have HUGE problems with a directive from a government official to ignore the laws of your country. There are bad laws, and there is anarchy. Anarchy is probably worse. Once it is accepted practice to ignore laws, anything goes. Like the FBI breaking into 1500 safety deposit boxes to steal stuff. Anarchy. Once you have it, anything goes.
This sounds like an important development. Cheers to Alberta.
Without a US style state rights amendment, whatever rights a province has on paper in Canada is completely worthless in the end.
There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, after several key court decisions it’s a matter of law down here in the U.S., too. The federal government cannot force a state government to help enforce federal laws. That goes for rural sheriffs who refuse to do FBI background checks for gun owners as well as “sanctuary city” police who are ordered not to turn suspects over to immigration authorities.
I didn’t realize Trudeau’s gun sales stop was also a confiscation.
This totalitarian nonsense needs to stop, now and Alberta’s government should not only not be helping Trudeau but actively defending its citizens from Trudeau’s government.
Call him “Baby Castro.”
Whatever firewalls Alberta puts up are worthless, without the threat of separation if the abuse by the feds continue.
As long as Albertans are willing to take it in the teeth, it is without worth whatever Alberta does.
The good news is that rural areas in western Canada are basically ungovernable. The RCMP is smaller than the New York City police department, and is tasked with law enforcement over an area in Canada that is larger than most countries in the world.
Whatever firewalls Alberta puts up are worthless, without the threat of separation if the abuse by the feds continue.
As long as Albertans are willing to take it in the teeth, it is without worth whatever Alberta does.
It becomes a waiting game, because Alberta could supposedly use the notwithstanding clause, but that needs to be renewed or else it expires and whatever laws the feds passed onto the province becomes immediately enforceable.
The premier has a history of defying the national government. Don’t know if this would eliminate the RCMP in Alberta. From 3 years ago:
Jason Kenney Wants Alberta To Break Up With The RCMP & Have His Own Police
https://www.narcity.com/alberta-rcmp-might-get-scrapped-as-jason-kenney-says-he-wants-his-own-police
Jason Kenney said he would look to end Alberta’s relationship with the RCMP and introduce a provincial police force.
If Alberta were to scrap the RCMP, the province would join Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador as provinces with police forces separate from the RCMP.
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