The heavily censored memo, newly released under the Access to Information Act, was included in a collection of briefing materials prepared for the incoming cabinet following the fall election. The RCMP says a $508-million injection in the last federal budget has helped stabilize the force’s funding over the medium term. “Some of the pressures identified have been addressed, while others remain,” it says. RPP_DPR-RPP_RMR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Policing is part of the provincial responsibility for the administration of justice and the federal government has been aiming since the 1960s to “decrease its contract policing financial liability,” the memo says.

A Manitoba RCMP detachment signed a janitorial services contract with a current employee whose job involved processing payments to the former cleaners. In order to diversify its portfolio of potential suppliers in the hopes of getting more and cheaper bids, the ombudsman thinks the government should increase its tolerance for risk in procurement, make its processes more flexible and eliminate “unnecessary” requirements. However, the RCMP referred questions about the contract policing challenges to Public Safety. “If each department uses unique solicitation documents and processes, it significantly increases the burden on suppliers, particularly those who supply the same good or service across multiple departments,” Jeglic warns. In other words, she likely knew exactly how much the former janitor was paid, and so was likely able to use that information to underbid and win the contract with her own employer. The money will be spent over this fiscal year and next. © 2020 National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. As they prepare for the next budget cycle, the RCMP have launched two reviews in a bid to come up with a new, fully funded policing strategy. However, the RCMP referred questions about the contract policing challenges to Public Safety. On October 23, 2019, Canada’s federal police force signed an $18,600 (plus GST) contract with Meaghan Potter for janitorial services at its detachment in Deloraine, Man., according to the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman’s (OPO) latest annual report. The federal share is approaching $750 million annually, up from $618 million in 2012-13. Budget 2020 implements a new funding model that sees small and rural communities pay a portion of their policing costs. Some of the solutions he proposes are as simple as creating standardized bidding documents and processes across governments. Importantly, e-procurement will also allow PSPC to gather disaggregated data to better track the participation of underrepresented groups in the procurement process,” the minister promised.