MP Kram Launches ‘Save RCMP Depot’ Campaign

 

For immediate release 

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 

MP Kram Launches ‘Save RCMP Depot’ Campaign

Member of Parliament Michael Kram today launched a website and online petition in support of RCMP Academy, Depot Division. Last week, the Mass Casualty Commission investigating the 2020 Nova Scotia shootings recommended that Depot be eliminated and replaced by a Canadian Police College elsewhere in the country.  

“There is no minimizing the 2020 Nova Scotia tragedy nor the importance of the Mass Casualty Commission’s work. However, while the report may have had some good recommendations, I would not be the first to observe that its recommendation to close Depot was a significant over-reach,” Kram said.  

"I hate to talk in cliches but there are two that perfectly describe this recommendation: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater and reinventing the wheel. RCMP Depot in Regina is a world-class police training facility. To dismantle it in order to build new facilities somewhere else makes zero sense. 

Although the recommendation has not yet become government policy, Kram expressed concern that it would fit in with the federal Liberal agenda.  

"This recommendation is typical of the sort of dismissive, heavy-handed approach of the Trudeau Liberals towards Western Canada. They tried to attack our airports, our energy sector and our farmers. This recommendation fits right in with their regional vendetta. But, as with the air traffic control tower, the people of Regina have proven in the past that, if we work together, we can block these harmful policies.” 

Kram noted the broad consensus that was building in opposition to the recommendation.  

“Scott Moe opposes it. Carla Beck opposes it. My Regina federal colleagues, Andrew Scheer and Warren Steinley oppose it. This is not a left-wing or right-wing thing. It’s a Regina thing. This is a cause that all of us in the city can and should get behind.” 

Kram’s website and online petition can be found at www.savercmpdepot.ca

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