From: brewnoser2@gmail.com   
      
   This party leader knows what's needed   
      
   Mulcair is running an candidate in Surrey who is an ex-cop.  He knows that   
   Surrey has a very bad reputation because of its crime rate.  He know how to   
   undo what the Harper tories did:  cut funding to the RCMP just a year ago.    
   (links below)   
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   The Canadian Press - Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015   
      
   Mulcair pledges $250 million for police recruitment   
      
   SURREY, B.C. --   
   Policing and public safety were the topics of the day on the NDP campaign   
   trail, as leader Thomas Mulcair touched down in a British Columbia community   
   wracked in recent months by a spate of shootings -- many believed to be gang   
   related.   
      
   Addressing supporters in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, Mulcair vowed that an NDP   
   government would devote $250 million to a police recruitment fund during its   
   first four years in office.  This up-front investment would be followed by   
   $100 million in annual,    
   ongoing funding, he added.   
      
   The money would put 2,500 more front-line police officers on the streets in   
   communities across Canada, he said.   
      
   "Gangs, street violence, gun violence in Surrey have now reached epidemic   
   levels," said Mulcair.  "Our plan will focus on providing increased, ongoing   
   funding for policing in Canadian communities."   
      
   More than 30 shootings have rocked the fast-growing city since March.   
      
   Mulcair bypassed explaining where the quarter-billion dollars in initial   
   funding would come from, but said the detailed costing for all the party's   
   campaign promises would be announced at a later date.   
      
   "While the crime rate has actually generally declined over the past 20 years,   
   that's small consolation for those who are witnessing alarming trends in   
   certain communities, like here in Surrey," Mulcair told supporters who had   
   gathered to hear him speak.   
      
   The details of how the new officers would be distributed across Canada would   
   be ironed out in a joint meeting with the provinces and territories, he added.   
      
   The head of the Canadian Police Association commended the NDP's announcement,   
   saying it would have a positive impact on public safety.   
      
   "We appreciate the New Democratic Party recognizing the value of public   
   policing in Canada and support this proposed substantial investment in   
   front-line police personnel," said Tom Stamatakis in a statement.   
      
   Mulcair also used his time in Surrey to brandish the public-safety credentials   
   of the party's local candidate, Garry Begg.   
      
   Begg retired late last year after nearly four decades with the RCMP before   
   putting himself forward to run for the NDP in the riding of Fleetwood-Port   
   Kells.   
      
   It's uncharacteristic for an ex-cop to run for left-leaning parties, typically   
   finding more common ground with their right-of-centre alternatives.   
      
   "He will be playing a key role in an NDP government," promised Mulcair, to   
   loud cheers.   
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   Surrey RCMP's Community Safety Officer program chopped   
      
   http://www.thenownewspaper.com/news/surrey-rcmp-s-community-safe   
   y-officer-program-chopped-1.884224   
      
   Liberal candidate:   
   "It is not just Surrey that has seen the effects of the Stephen Harper's lack   
   of funding for the RCMP," said Dhaliwal.  "Since 2007 the Conservative   
   Government has forced the RCMP to return$1.7 billion in funding.  This is   
   money that was supposed to be    
   spent keeping Canadians safe. Today's announcement is just another promise   
   which Stephen Harper will not deliver."   
      
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