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heeheex2 posted:How do they not get shut down instantly? RCMP doesn't have jurisdiction in Vancouver, and VPD has pretty much openly stated they don't care.
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less than three posted:RCMP doesn't have jurisdiction in Vancouver, and VPD has pretty much openly stated they don't care. They issued a statement saying enforcing federal drug laws is stupid and pointless: http://www.vancourier.com/illegal-pot-shops-not-a-vpd-priority-1.663095 They also outline guidelines for them: http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2014/09/03/Vancouver-Police-Release-Informal-Guidelines-Illegal-Medical-Marijuana-Dispensari
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less than three posted:RCMP doesn't have jurisdiction in Vancouver, and VPD has pretty much openly stated they don't care. Ah, that`s the difference in Nanaimo. The RCMP raided some shops and put others on notice. On the one hand, I don`t think their hearts are in it; on the other hand things were getting out of hand. Pot shops were springing up like mushrooms after a fall rain, and it rains constantly in the fall here. No naturopaths needed, you just had to be over 19. A local rag (probably owned by Lord Jailbird of Fraud Harbour) reported that one shop had a barker outside to drum up business. 
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What, like there isn't a backlog they could help with?
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It looks like prison farms may make a return. http://www.myprescottnow.com/1315/prison-farm-to-re-open-in-kingston/ quote:Long-time supporters of a federal prison farm program in Kingston are looking forward to the day when the animals will be returning to jail. The farm that ran out of the Frontenac Institution was once considered one of Canada’s best run dairy operations. It was shut down five years ago, after then-minister of public safety Vic Toews said inmates were not learning any relevant skills on the farm. Unfortunately there's no timeline mentioned in this story, but it looks like the Liberals are planning to bring at least this farm back.
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PT6A posted:I want St. Hubert to come west and crush the life out of Swiss Chalet and their lovely garbage chicken. Putt-putt-BANG-BANG, motherfuckers! St. Hubert is poo poo. One appeared here (for the second time) a couple of years ago and it failed because after the novelty wore off people realized it was shittier than KFC. Now there's a Mary Brown's which is arguably better. And our Swiss Chalet appeared almost a decade ago. Not that Swiss Chalet is good, but that should give you perspective of how bad St. Hubert is.
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less than three posted:RCMP doesn't have jurisdiction in Vancouver, and VPD has pretty much openly stated they don't care. I can't think of any legal reason an RCMP officer couldn't arrest and charge you in the middle of Vancouver.
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El Scotch posted:I can't think of any legal reason an RCMP officer couldn't arrest and charge you in the middle of Vancouver. There isn't one, but cops on both sides would recognize it as a really dickish thing to do. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the RCMP enforcement in that area were something less than vigorous, diligent or professional. You know, beyond what we're used to.
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El Scotch posted:I can't think of any legal reason an RCMP officer couldn't arrest and charge you in the middle of Vancouver.
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cowofwar posted:They could but there aren't any RCMP detachments there. Hrm.
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You're conflating the area generally known as Vancouver with the City of Vancouver. Yeah, it wouldn't be a big deal to drive into Vancouver but they're still not going to unless called on.
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For some reason divisional headquarters are frequently in cities where the RCMP has no general policing role. K Division HQ is right in the middle of Edmonton, but since EPS exists there's no street-level Mounties until you get to the suburbs.
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El Scotch posted:I can't think of any legal reason an RCMP officer couldn't arrest and charge you in the middle of Vancouver. There is no reason, but that assumes that a given RCMP officer would give a flying gently caress about you smoking weed, which they generally would not.
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PT6A posted:There is no reason, but that assumes that a given RCMP officer would give a flying gently caress about you smoking weed, which they generally would not. Unless that weed makes you look like a potential terrorist, in which case they will spend years and millions of dollars attempting to get you to blow yourself and your cat up. Yeah I have literally zero faith in the RCMP at all these days in being able to protect us from any real threat since they cant even protect us from their own incompetence. 
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Furnaceface posted:Unless that weed makes you look like a potential terrorist, in which case they will spend years and millions of dollars attempting to get you to blow yourself and your cat up. Frankly it seems like people in this thread can't draw a distinction between the part of the RCMP that goes on wild goose chases and generally has their head up their rear end, and the part of the RCMP that provides vital community policing in places that would otherwise basically have no police protection. The average officer patrolling some inaccessible northern village doesn't give a poo poo about weed or baiting terrorists or any of that, and it sort of pisses me off to see the two completely different parts of the organisation treated as if they're the same.
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Arivia posted:I'm so sad Stuart had to cancel this year's Christmas tour. I grew up listening to CBC1 and I'll not have anyone speak ill of it. Except Cross Country Checkup, which is terrible except for serving a useful reminder of how dumb a large portion of our populace is.
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PT6A posted:Frankly it seems like people in this thread can't draw a distinction between the part of the RCMP that goes on wild goose chases and generally has their head up their rear end, and the part of the RCMP that provides vital community policing in places that would otherwise basically have no police protection. The average officer patrolling some inaccessible northern village doesn't give a poo poo about weed or baiting terrorists or any of that, and it sort of pisses me off to see the two completely different parts of the organisation treated as if they're the same. Many organizations become shittier at higher organizational levels, where their theoretical mandate differs from what some other force is compelling them to do. vvvv also that flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Dec 30, 2015 |
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PT6A posted:Frankly it seems like people in this thread can't draw a distinction between the part of the RCMP that goes on wild goose chases and generally has their head up their rear end, and the part of the RCMP that provides vital community policing in places that would otherwise basically have no police protection. The average officer patrolling some inaccessible northern village doesn't give a poo poo about weed or baiting terrorists or any of that, and it sort of pisses me off to see the two completely different parts of the organisation treated as if they're the same. nah they care about getting the gently caress out of the lovely reservation they're stationed in and catching on with a real police force once they get their couple years in with the mounties
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Jordan7hm posted:nah they care about getting the gently caress out of the lovely reservation they're stationed in and catching on with a real police force once they get their couple years in with the mounties That's not true. My friend is stationed in Pukatawagan right now, and it was his choice to take that posting because the detachment was understaffed and he takes his job and consequent responsibility to society seriously, and he actually wants to help people. Yeah, there are lovely RCMP officers, but that doesn't mean every officer should be treated as if they're some pin-dicked moron with a taser fetish stationed at YVR.
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I hope Lord Conrad Black of Crossharbour takes over hosting duties for Cross Country Checkup.
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PT6A posted:That's not true. My friend is stationed in Pukatawagan right now, and it was his choice to take that posting because the detachment was understaffed and he takes his job and consequent responsibility to society seriously, and he actually wants to help people. I don't think the people who go to the middle of nowhere with the goal of getting a job with a city police force are pin-dicked morons or even lovely officers, I just think they're doing what they need to do to get a better job. RCMP officers don't get paid enough to make those jobs desirable.
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There's nothing wrong with not being a lifer, and I knew a few really good guys who were short-timers and not lovely people. Some of them even went on to become gravel road cops.
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PT6A posted:You know, I'm starting to realize that 99% of the things I miss about Montreal are either food or booze. those are literally the biggest selling points to living in montreal, asided from the Culture.
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Leofish posted:It looks like prison farms may make a return. Better that than having the whole area eaten up in condo development.
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Jordan7hm posted:RCMP officers don't get paid enough to make those jobs desirable. Yes they are. My buddy loves his job, won't shut up about it, and he gets paid quite decently. It's not the sort of job I'd take personally, but there's no amount of compensation that would make me reconsider that anyway. It definitely requires a certain personality, though. He's the sort of guy who goes winter-camping and can't understand why the rest of us don't want to come with him.
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Jordan7hm posted:I don't think the people who go to the middle of nowhere with the goal of getting a job with a city police force are pin-dicked morons or even lovely officers, I just think they're doing what they need to do to get a better job. RCMP officers make drat good money and get good pensions. The lovely thing about the job is moving all the time.
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Monaghan posted:RCMP officers make drat good money and get good pensions. The lovely thing about the job is moving all the time. The pay is good, but it's not better than any other police service where you don't have to move all the time or live in a remote community. I'm making the assumption that the people in the running for RCMP jobs would also be in the running for other police jobs (they aren't, that's why people go to places like Chemawawin and Flin Flon).
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CBC's list of the top 5 blunders in CanPol this year Not disagreeing with their choice for 4.
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bunnyofdoom posted:CBC's list of the top 5 blunders in CanPol this year That list is silly, here is the Ikantski list. 1. Tom Mulcair announces a balanced budget. 2. Harper doesn't burn CBC to the ground while he had the chance. 3. Trudeau promises 25k refugees in 2015. 4. Wynne privatizes Hydro One. 5. Harper doesn't resign before the election. Eve Adams doesn't even register, it proved completely irrelevant. Same applies with anything to do with May.
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Franks Happy Place posted:I could go into pretty exhaustive detail about the current state of weed regulation in Canada, as it is now a thing I do for a living, if anybody has questions! Yes please. If you're up for a big effort post, I'd like to learn more from someone who knows what they're talking about. CI rage is just a bonus.
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quote:May said she should have realized she was "too sleep deprived" to pull off what she intended to be an "edgy" attempt at humour. Ikantski posted:That list is silly, here is the Ikantski list. Really? Wynne isn't #1 on your list? Something seems fishy about that. Anyway strictly political stuff. 1. Tom Mulcair's performance during the election. 2. Tom Mulcair's performance after the election. 3. Harper not resigning before the election. 4. The candidate vetting and the reaction by the parties to some of the "scandals"... sometimes overreactions, sometimes underreactions. 5. The Liberal promises on the whole. Honorable mention to everything Elizabeth May and the Green party did, but especially her not resigning and that joke of a costed platform they put out.
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i think the alberta tories calling an election ahead of schedule and going from majority to third party is probably an honourable mention, for a blunder
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infernal machines posted:Does St. Hubert even exist any more? I haven't seen one in Ontario for at least five years. A story I heard was St. Hubert pulled out of Ontario and Swiss Chalet pulled out of Quebec. Dunno if it's true.
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The Goon posted:Two guys I went to school with just became the Chiefs of Staff to two different ministers. drat. Hey bunny, how do I get in on this sweet gig? <-- Went to school with Ian Brodie.
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Number one political blunder: legalizing weed
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Yeah idk how 3 people can make 3 different lists of "blunders" without any mention of Jim Prentice utterly dumpstering his own political career and a 40 year long conservative dynasty. That tops the list as far as I'm concerned.
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