Thank you Richard Courtemanche for joining in support of Police on Guard for Thee.
Thank you Richard Courtemanche for joining in support of Police on Guard for Thee.
Police officers used to serve Canadians dutifully according to our Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I’ve never expected that there would come a time when altruistic leaders would wittingly or unwittingly compel officers to deviate from these Acts in order to carry out illegal and unconscionable orders.
Police forces must make it a priority to revamp their functions according to democratic principles, real law and order, and ensure new generations of officers perform accordingly. Our families, our children, our future generations will have to live with what we help creating and we won’t be able to say that we didn’t know.
Therefore, I am also standing firmly with my brothers and sisters and implore them to challenge any deviations to democracy, law and order, and to consider the part that the functions we represent are playing in relieving Canadians of their right to speech, religion, conscience, association, assembly, mobility and security of the person in accordance with the fundamental principles of justice. Remembering our oath, we work primarily for Canadian citizens. It is a very slippery slope that we are on. We love our country the way it was, not the way it’s leading.
Richard Courtemanche
Military Police
Retired Sergeant
22 Years of Service
Canadian Armed Forces
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