'Big hit': B.C. municipalities facing large backpay bill to RCMP - Okanagan
Communities like Osoyoos, B.C., are having to pay over $150,000 dollars in retroactive RCMP payments, as its population grew above 5,000.
Source: globalnews.ca
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Communities like Osoyoos, B.C., are having to pay over $150,000 dollars in retroactive RCMP payments, as its population grew above 5,000.
A new collective agreement between the RCMP union and the federal government is leaving municipalities with only two years to cover the pay increase and five years of backpay.
Some B.C. communities policed by the RCMP say they were unprepared for the size of the bill they've been handed to cover retroactive pay in the Mounties' latest contract.