A miserable position to be in: lack of enforcement undermines the authority of first nation laws and tragic outcomes are occurring as a result, but institutionally the RCMP are a tool to apply tragic outcomes to first nations people. Something needs to be done, but to me this legislation sounds like it will only help to align with the status quo again.
“How can you be a recognized government without having your laws enforced? It just doesn’t make sense.”
How can you be a recognized government if you need a foreign police service to enforce your laws? This is a basic function of government.
Or is this an admission that Native sovereignty is a police fiction we all go along with?
Some First Nations have their own tribal police.
Are they the ones asking for the RCMP?
