e-350 (Public safety)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- Auxiliary Constables have provided hundreds of thousands of hours of community policing support to communities throughout Canada;
- Auxiliary Constables have provided hundreds of thousands of hours of support to Regular Members on patrol duties with limited injuries;
- The RCMP Auxiliary Constable program has been in service in Canada for over 50 years with one incident of an Auxiliary being injured by gunfire;
- Citizens volunteering as Auxiliary Constables know and accept the risks involved in being a police volunteer;
- Auxiliary Constables provide a tremendous trained resource to Canadian communities in case of emergencies;
- The benefits of having trained Auxiliary Constables throughout the country surpass the costs of training and outfitting Auxiliaries; and
- Auxiliaries are the bridge between local communities and the Detachments they serve.
- Open for signature
- May 18, 2016, at 3:13 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 15, 2016, at 3:13 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Sukh Dhaliwal
(Surrey—Newton)
November 17, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00888) - Government response tabled
- January 30, 2017
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 413 |
British Columbia | 1305 |
Manitoba | 96 |
New Brunswick | 76 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 17 |
Northwest Territories | 9 |
Nova Scotia | 215 |
Nunavut | 3 |
Ontario | 103 |
Prince Edward Island | 13 |
Quebec | 12 |
Saskatchewan | 36 |
Yukon | 10 |