NATIONAL DEFENCE REDACTS 29-PAGES OF INFO ON HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
Even the questions posed to the Judge Advocate General were withheld citing Solicitor-Client Privilege.
National Defence ATIP response dated June 28, 2019 – Received July 12, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
OCTOBER 22, 2018 – SUMMARY OF 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
COST & BENEFITS OF INVESTMENTS TO COMBAT THE CRIMINAL USE OF FIREARMS
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s response to MP Brad Trost’s Order Paper Question Q-2477 – June 19, 2019 – Posted by Dennis R. Young July 11, 2019
EXCERPT#1: PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA (PS)
COST: $1.2 million spent since May 2004.
BENEFITS: “PS does not gather or track statistical data with respect to the number of firearms prosecutions initiated or successfully prosecuted.”
EXCERPT #2: CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY (CBSA)
COST: $19.95 Million spent since May 2004
BENEFITS: “The CBSA was successful in 536 successful firearms persecutions.”
EXCERPT #3: ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE (RCMP)
COST: $104.35 million spent since May 2004
BENEFITS: “Under ICCUF, the RCMP provided investigative support to law enforcement and did not initiate firearm prosecutions. As such, these statistics are not available.”
RCMP OFFICERS CRIMINALLY CHARGED, 2012-2019
Includes a breakdown of ‘Violent’ and ‘Non-Violent” offences for the year 2016 to 2019
EXCERPT: “Prior to 2012, the RCMP did not have an electronic system I place to capture the requested detailed information.”
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s response to MP Brad Trost’s Order Paper Question Q-2480 – June 19, 2019 – Posted by Dennis R. Young July 10, 2019
GOODALE’S AND RCMP STATISTICS ON STOLEN GUNS?
UNKNOWN: Number of guns stolen from licensed gun owners.
UNKNOWN: Number of guns stolen from licensed gun dealers.
UNKNOWN: Number of guns stolen from licensed gun owners and dealers that were used in the commission of a violent offence.
EXCERPT #1: “Currently, there is no national repository for this type of information in Canada.”
EXCERPT #2: “The CFP does not collect or track statistics with regard to the origin of illegal or stolen handguns.”
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s response to MP Brad Trost’s Order Paper Question Q-2479 – June 19, 2019 – Posted by Dennis R. Young July 10, 2019
IT’S SIMPLY AMAZING WHAT MINISTER GOODALE DOESN’T KNOW & THE RCMP DON’T TRACK!
UNKNOWN: (a) Number of PAL holders charged with homicide.
UNKNOWN: (b) Number of registered firearms used in homicide.
UNKNOWN: (c) Number of PAL holders charged with using a registered firearm to commit homicide.
EXCERPT: “RCMP systems do not capture the requested information at the level of detail requested.”
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s response to MP Brad Trost’s Order Paper Question Q-2478 – June 19, 2019 – Posted by Dennis R. Young July 9, 2019
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