Dear Editor,
Re: RCMP unionization could cost Richmond $9-11 million in backpay, Online, Oct. 26 (see story page 8)
The article on RCMP unionization paints a bleak picture.
We would do well to remember we are on the same team, we want a safe city and a happy police force.
Policing is a calling as much as a job, but the force did not take a vow of poverty.
Let’s pay a fair wage and negotiate acceptable terms, whatever that ends up being, and be happy we have the ability to do it. This is a first-world problem we can solve.
Bob King
RICHMOND
