"Injustice”
richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
H AWKESBURY
With an Ontario election campaign
beginning to warm up, Hawkesbury town
council is trying to drawmore attention to
its “unfair” police bill.
Hawkesbury is among the Ontario
municipalities that have beenprotesting the
province’s cost-sharing formula, which
forces towns like Hawkesbury to foot the
entire bill for Ontario Provincial Police
services.
Taxpayersarealsobeingurgedto jointhe
lobbyingcampaignaimedatcorrectingwhat
Councillor Alain Fraser terms a “flagrant
injustice.”
AtMonday’scouncilmeeting,Councillor
MarcTourangeaunotedthatpoliticianswill
soon be seeking votes in preparation for the
Ontario provincial election that will be held
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Liberal M.P.P. Jean-Marc Lalonde to ask
him what he is to do about the issue.
Lalondehasalreadyexpressedsympathy.
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“Hehadencouragedustodothis,”Mayor
René Berthiaume said of the town’s joining
a province-wide drive to end the “obsolete”
subsidy system.
Under Section 10 of the Ontario Police
ServicesAct,Hawkesburyisrequiredtopay
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100 per cent of its O.P.P. bill, which will
reach $4 million this year. However, other
municipalitiesinPrescottCounty,servedby
the same detachment, receive provincial
grantstohelpoffsetone-thirdoftheirpolicing
expenses because they fall under a different
section of the Act.
This year, the O.P.P. is proposing to add
$446,000 to its bill, which last year was
$3,662,364.
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“Section10”municipalities.Hestressedthat
he was not criticizing the quality of service
provided by the O.P.P. detachment, which
he called “exceptional.” Berthiaume noted
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that the local constabulary had no control
over the bill. Town council has adopted a
resolution calling on the province to
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reimburse Hawkesbury the five per cent
increase that is related to an increase the
provincehasawardedtheO.P.P.Themotion
urges the government to use the Ontario
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endorsed a resolution from Brighton which
laments that O.P.P. costs have risen more
than the rate of inflation over the past ten
years. While the province has suggested a
two-year pay freeze for provincial
employees, the province has negotiated a
5.075 per cent increase with the O.P.P.
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