FOIP: DAMAGE CLAIMS DOCUMENTS REGARDING HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
Alberta Municipal Affairs 38-Page FOIP Response dated July 2, 2019 – Received July 9, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
RCMP DOOR-KICKING SPREE IN HIGH RIVER COST TAXPAYERS $2.45 MILLION
“Records showing the total number of claims by High River residents and businesses and the final cost to taxpayers for paying and processing the damage claims caused by the RCMP forced entries and searches.”
Municipal Affairs FOIP response April 3, 2018 – Claims Paid Out = 1,580 Total Amount Paid = $2,455,815.04 Largest Single Claim = $63,001.06
RCMP EXCEL SPREADSHEET WITH 2,210 HIGH RIVER DAMAGE CLAIMS TOTALING MORE THAN $2.5 MILLION
50 Damage Claims Over $5,000 Largest Single Claim = $201,870.57
RCMP: 813 GUNS LOST BY AND STOLEN FROM POLICE AND PUBLIC AGENCIES, 2005-2019
640 Firearms Lost – 173 Firearms Stolen (see attached for breakdown by types of firearms)
It only took 27 months for the ‘Open and Transparent’ Government to respond
RCMP ATIP File: A-2017-03711 – Filed April 1, 2017 – Received July 3, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
ALBERTA GOVERNMENT HIDES ANOTHER HIGH RIVER DOCUMENT
Page 9 FOIP ‘exception’ under Section 25(1)(b) ‘Disclosure harmful to economic and other interests’
FOIP response also failed to address the steps necessary to fix the broken trust in RCMP
Alberta Executive Council FOIP response dated July 2, 2019 – Received July 3, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
HIGH RIVER ‘LEGAL AUTHORITIES PAPER’ WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC & MEDIA
More than four years later, Alberta Justice withholds High River Forced Entries ‘legal authorities paper’ paper, entitled ‘’The Local State of Emergency-Mandatory Evacuation Order Police Officer Authorities’’ written by Peter Mackenzie, by claiming it is ‘Privileged information’. Alberta Justice and Solicitor General FOIP response dated July 28, 2017 Received August 3, 2017 by Dennis R. Young
CHARTER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY RCMP IN HIGH RIVER STILL HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC, ALBERTA LEGISLATURE & PARLIAMENT – Trust in the RCMP cannot be rebuilt by covering up the truth! By Dennis R. Young – October 22, 2018
NATIONAL DEFENCE: REPORTS OF LOST AND STOLEN WEAPONS
204-Pages of Investigative Reports into 559 lost weapons and 14 stolen weapons
Response to Access to Information Act Request – Received June 27, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
LETTER TO PREMIER KENNEY ON HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
Premier of Alberta asked to waive privilege on hidden High River ‘legal authorities paper’
Letter dated June 21, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
FOREIGN VISITORS: FIREARMS DECLARED AND FEES PAID
• $26.5 MILLION IN FIREARMS FEES COLLECTED, 2001-2012
• 714,949 FIREARMS DECLARED BY FOREIGN VISITORS, 2004-2010
Canada Border Services Agency ATIP Responses – Summarized by Dennis R. Young – June 23, 2019
PORT OF VANCOUVER REFUSES TO PROCESS FIREARMS ACCESS REQUEST
WORDING OF MY ATIP REQUEST: For the period from 2008 to present please provide copies of reports containing information about:
(1) Illegal shipments of firearms, ammunition and explosives found in ships or containers leaving Canada and/or destined for Canada, and
(2) Firearms, ammunition and explosives reported stolen from ships or containers at the Port of Vancouver.
Complaint to Information Commissioner dated June 21, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
NEW ALBERTA JUSTICE MINISTER’S RESPONSE TO HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
Doug Schweitzer’s response the same as Jonathan Denis’ and Kathleen Ganley’s – Letter dated June 4, 2019 received June 18, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
DISCREPANCIES IN REPORTS ON GOV’T SPENDING ON GUN CONTROL
PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER SAYS LIBRARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOLVING DISCREPANCIES IN REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON GUN CONTROL – Parliamentary Budget Officer’s response to MP Brad Trost’s request
UPDATE: HIGH RIVER FOIP REQUESTS TO JASON KENNEY GOVERNMENT
• Letter from Alberta Executive Council: “A response to your request will be ready by July 2, 2019. However, we will try to respond sooner.”
• Letter from Alberta Municipal Affairs: “I will write to you by July 2, 2019, to inform you of Alberta Municipal Affairs’ decision.”
APRIL 26, 2019 FOIP REQUESTS: FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NEEDED TO REBUILD TRUST IN HIGH RIVER