As someone who has done something similar in a previous posting (not in Canada), people just end up making stuff up because they don’t want to lose their job. They even had people like The Bobs come in to interview sections on their inputs.
Agreed 100%
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I will echo what others have said. The RCMP used to have a form to account for what you did every shift in 15 min block. Which were to confirm that you were meeting goals. Which changed constantly. C-75Ds. Every week you checked the goals and then tailored your C-75D to match what was required. No matter what you did. A waste of paper, the hour each member used up to fill them in each week, the time for the PSE who typed up the summary, sent off one copy to sub-division, another to Division and filed another. Truly a Govt exercise in bureaucracy.
The OPP has done that since the 1960s. Activity types, incident codes, etc. like everything else now it is all electronic. It was becoming rather redundant until the government downloaded policing costs to the municipalities. Now every municipality has numeric code so activity costs can be attributed to them (or a provincial activity code).
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Canada's Must Become an Arctic Superpower
As Arctic competition heats up, Canada has the potential to lead. Infrastructure, sovereignty, defense, and cooperation investments can secure its role as an Arctic superpower.
Andrew Latham
www.thearcticinstitute.org
Will we achieve superpower status soon after ensuring access to clean tap water up there
Iqaluit's water crisis highlights deeper issues with Arctic infrastructure
Infrastructure in the Arctic faces numerous challenges which directly impact the quality of life and health of residents, as well as economic development opportunities in the region. Canada’s Arctic infrastructure, specifically the infrastructure in the territorial capital of Iqaluit, is aging and limited.
As noted by Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated’s (NTI) 2020 infrastructure report, the gap between Nunavut and the rest of Canada is large and widening. This gap is sometimes difficult to quantify because the Canadian federal government does not collect data on all forms of infrastructure in Nunavut, such as solid waste disposal.4)
This represents one of the many challenges for sustainable development in the North, as the lack of reliable data means there is no baseline. More specifically, according to NTI’s report, Nunavut’s drinking water infrastructure is below the Canadian national standards. NTI’s assessment was in line with Ecojustice’s 2019 evaluation which gave Nunavut a “D” on its water infrastructure, the lowest of any Canadian province or territory.
The low grade was due to its low water treatment standards and limited infrastructure.5) Only 14% of Nunavummiut are served by piped water. 6) Rankin Inlet, Resolute Bay, and parts of Iqaluit are the only Nunavut communities served by piped water. The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health states that the reason for Nunavut’s reliance on trucked water is due to the lower investment required for construction and maintenance, although operating costs are higher.7)
Furthermore, NTI reported that 85% of Nunavut’s drinking water infrastructure is in poor condition.8) The systemic under-funding and under-investment in Nunavut’s drinking water infrastructure demonstrates a lack of commitment from the Federal government. The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment endorses the use of a multi-barrier drinking water filtration system.
However, none of the water plants in Nunavut utilize this standard, instead relying on chlorination.9) In addition to the subpar state of water infrastructure in Nunavut, the cost of operating and maintaining these systems is ten times the national average.10) The combination of deteriorating infrastructure and high operating costs mean that investments in upgrades are not feasible due to underfunding from the Federal government.
Iqaluit's water crisis highlights deeper issues with Arctic infrastructure
Iqaluit’s water crisis highlights the need to support a resilient Arctic through plans to build climate-informed Arctic infrastructure.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And help make sure that the locals don't kill themselves as much....
Suicide Among Inuit: Results From a Large, Epidemiologically Representative Follow-Back Study in Nunavut
Inuit suicide rates are among the highest in the world. Between 1999 and 2003, the rates in Inuit regions averaged 135 per 100 000, more than 10 times higher than the general Canadian rates.5 Although suicide was not unknown in Inuit culture, evidence suggests this rate has increased severalfold during the last decades. Moreover, this rise is almost entirely due to an exponential increase in suicides by people younger than 25 years old.
Suicide Among Inuit: Results From a Large, Epidemiologically Representative Follow-Back Study in Nunavut - PMC
The Inuit population in Canada’s North has suffered from high rates of death by suicide. We report on the first large-scale, controlled, epidemiologically representative study of deaths by suicide in an Indigenous population, which investigates risk ...
Suicide among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)
Suicide rates among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit were significantly higher than the rate among non-Indigenous people.
The rate among First Nations people (24.3 deaths per 100,000 person-years at risk) was three times higher than the rate among non-Indigenous people (8.0 deaths per 100,000 person-years at risk).
Among First Nations people living on reserve, the rate was about twice as high as that among those living off reserve. However, suicide rates varied by First Nations band, with just over 60% of bands having a zero suicide rate.
The rate among Métis was approximately twice as high as the rate among non-Indigenous people.
Among Inuit, the rate was approximately nine times higher than the non-Indigenous rate (72.3 versus 8.0 deaths per 100,000 person-years at risk). Suicide rates and disparities were highest in youth and young adults (15 to 24 years) among First Nations males and Inuit male and females.
Suicide among First Nations people, Métis and Inuit (2011-2016): Findings from the 2011 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)
The article presents suicide rates for the 2011-2016 time period among self-identifying First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and non-Indigenous people in private dwellings in Canada. It also explores the influence of socioeconomic factors in the disparity in risk of suicide between First Nations people...www150.statcan.gc.ca
Whatever we do, just don't pick the same set of contractors/project planners that were used to build the Naval Station in Nanisivik.....Will we achieve superpower status soon after ensuring access to clean tap water up there
Iqaluit's water crisis highlights deeper issues with Arctic infrastructure
Infrastructure in the Arctic faces numerous challenges which directly impact the quality of life and health of residents, as well as economic development opportunities in the region. Canada’s Arctic infrastructure, specifically the infrastructure in the territorial capital of Iqaluit, is aging and limited.
As noted by Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated’s (NTI) 2020 infrastructure report, the gap between Nunavut and the rest of Canada is large and widening. This gap is sometimes difficult to quantify because the Canadian federal government does not collect data on all forms of infrastructure in Nunavut, such as solid waste disposal.4)
This represents one of the many challenges for sustainable development in the North, as the lack of reliable data means there is no baseline. More specifically, according to NTI’s report, Nunavut’s drinking water infrastructure is below the Canadian national standards. NTI’s assessment was in line with Ecojustice’s 2019 evaluation which gave Nunavut a “D” on its water infrastructure, the lowest of any Canadian province or territory.
The low grade was due to its low water treatment standards and limited infrastructure.5) Only 14% of Nunavummiut are served by piped water. 6) Rankin Inlet, Resolute Bay, and parts of Iqaluit are the only Nunavut communities served by piped water. The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health states that the reason for Nunavut’s reliance on trucked water is due to the lower investment required for construction and maintenance, although operating costs are higher.7)
Furthermore, NTI reported that 85% of Nunavut’s drinking water infrastructure is in poor condition.8) The systemic under-funding and under-investment in Nunavut’s drinking water infrastructure demonstrates a lack of commitment from the Federal government. The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment endorses the use of a multi-barrier drinking water filtration system.
However, none of the water plants in Nunavut utilize this standard, instead relying on chlorination.9) In addition to the subpar state of water infrastructure in Nunavut, the cost of operating and maintaining these systems is ten times the national average.10) The combination of deteriorating infrastructure and high operating costs mean that investments in upgrades are not feasible due to underfunding from the Federal government.
Iqaluit's water crisis highlights deeper issues with Arctic infrastructure
Iqaluit’s water crisis highlights the need to support a resilient Arctic through plans to build climate-informed Arctic infrastructure.
