OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER: HIGH RIVER FORCED ENTRIES
RE: Waiving Solicitor-Client Privilege on High River Forced Entries Records Being Withheld By Dennis R. Young – August 20, 2019
EXCERPT: “You can start to repair this broken trust by making public the hundreds and hundreds of pages of records on the High River Forced Entries and rights violations withheld by your government using the solicitor-client privilege exemption.”
ALBERTA GOV’T SAYS BROKEN TRUST IN HIGH RIVER IS AN RCMP RESPONSIBILITY
Municipal Affairs FOIP Response – Missing Information Complaint by Dennis R. Young – August 5, 2019
EXCERPT #1: “In addressing the following part of your scope: “whether or not the corrective action restored trust in the RCMP among the High River residents who suffered the consequences of those mistakes”, the ministry did not locate any responsive records in their custody and/or control as the ministry would not undertake an assessment of the relationship between the RCMP and residents of High River. The actions taken by the RCMP in High River during the flood response and any resulting corrective actions that the RCMP may have taken in response to those actions would be under their jurisdiction and records relating to this matter should be requested from the RCMP.”
EXCERPT #1: Below is the link to the response I received from the Commissioner of the RCMP stating the Force is not interested in taking the steps necessary to rebuild trust in the RCMP among High River residents.
https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/05/20/high-river-luckis-letter-shows-lack-concern-rebuilding-trust-rcmp/
TRYING TO GET A COPY OF THE RCMP HIGH RIVER ‘LEGAL AUTHORITIES PAPER’
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ALBERTA INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S HIGH RIVER INQUIRY CASE #004838
On June 25, 2013 Justice Minister Jonathan Denis asked: “What legal authority do the police rely upon to forcibly enter private property in the flood-stricken area?” The answer is in a Crown paper that has been declared privileged information by The Office of the Alberta Justice and Solicitor General. Initial Submission to the Inquiry by Dennis R. Young – July 31, 2019
CANADA’S GUN REGISTRY USED AS ‘USEFUL’ EXAMPLE BY NEW ZEALAND POLICE
EXCERPT: This week Police Association president Chris Cahill claimed Canadian “police officers” check registers (a gun registry remains for restricted weapons) about 11,000 times a day. “That gives you an idea of how useful it can be,” he reportedly said. In reality, police computer systems trigger automatic registry searches thousands of times daily, usually in relation to routine policing like traffic stops. In 2006, Canada’s then auditor general Sheila Fraser called such hits “an activity indicator [rather] than an indicator of effectiveness.” Column by Kate MacNamara www.stuff.co.nz July 25, 2019 READ THE REST: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/114472787/plan-to-tighter-gun-laws-to-cost-up-to-53m-over-10-years–stuart-nash-says
MP GARRY BREITKREUZ FIREARMS FACTS UPDATE MAY 31, 2006
AUDITOR GENERAL: 5,000 HITS A DAY AN INDICATOR OF ACTIVITY – NOT EFFECTIVENESS
http://cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2006_new/71.htm
FIREARMS MARKING REGS: 200 PAGES OF CABINET SECRETS
PUBLIC SAFETY INTERIM RESPONSE FIREARMS MARKING REGS
175-Page Interim Response to Access to Information Request File: A-2018-00327 dated July 8, 2019 – Received July 17, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
NOTE: 200 pages of ‘Cabinet Secrets’ withheld pursuant to Section 69 of the Access to Information Act
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
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
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
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
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