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RCMP make progress on MacNeil report
42 of 64 recommendations implemented but police association unhappy with delays
BY SABRINA NANJI
ALMOST 18 months after a deadly shooting in Moncton
killed three Mounties and injured two others, the nation-
al police force is reporting it has made significant prog-
ress on the recommendations that followed.
On Feb. 9, the RCMP announced it had implemented
42 of the 64 recommendations made by retired RCMP
assistant commissioner Alphonse MacNeil, who con-
ducted the independent review following the shooting on
June 4, 2014.
A total of 52 recommendations are expected to be
completed by April of this year, and the remaining 12 are
slated for implementation by the end of March 2017.
That includes expediting weapon training and roll-
out, specifically for patrol carbines, as well as adding ad-
vanced and dynamic shooting drills to RCMP firearms
qualifications to better reflect real-life encounters, as well
as enhancing support and training for supervisors to re-
spond to critical incidents.
According to the RCMP, more than 3,300 members are
February 22, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
NICU nurse denied sick benefits pg. 8
Avens Community — N.W.T. pg. 3 Clarkelink — Alta. pg. 4 City of Calgary
— Alta. pg. 4 AECON Industrial — Alta. pg. 5 CG Power — Man. pg. 5
General Motors — Ont. pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Christinne
Muschi
(Reuters)
pg. 2
Canada jobless rate
hits 2-year high
Further job losses in Alberta
contribute to
unemployment rate
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 8
The RCMP have made significant progress on implementing recommendations
that arose following the deadly Moncton shooting in June 2014, which left three
officers dead and two others injured.
see RCMP > pg. 7
LONG-TERM CARE
Sunny South Acres
Coaldale, Alta.
(Health-care workers) and the Alberta Union of Pub-
lic Employees (AUPE) Local 048, Chapter 027
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017.
Signed on July 14, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2.5%
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour
for shifts between 3 p.m. and
Engineers denied
transportation expense
Two engineers at BFI Construc-
tors in the Regina, Sask., area will
not be paid for the daily commute,
an arbitrator has decided.
The International Union of Op-
erating Engineers (IUOE) filed a
grievance against BFI, saying the
construction company failed to
pay a daily transportation expense
to operating engineers who work
in Regina and are local residents,
as defined by the collective agree-
ment, which entitled them to pay.
According to the agreement,
