On November 19, USJE’s Regional Vice President Valda Behrens met with NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi to discuss the value in investing in more boots on the ground for the RCMP, instead of an unproven Provincial Police Force.
On November 18, USJE Regional Vice President Valda Behrens and a member of the USJE Communications team attended the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) trade show. The event, part of RMA’s fall convention, welcomed over 800 delegates from 69 counties and municipalities across Alberta, the highest attendance for the event since RMA started in 1909. Delegates include town councilors, mayors, reeves, ministers, municipal staff, and other stakeholders.
For the first time in its history, USJE organized to have a booth at the trade show in order to share information about its Serving Together campaign, and our ongoing advocacy to not just keep, but strengthen, the role of the RCMP in Alberta.
On September 15, USJE Regional Vice President Valda Behrens and Krysty Thomas, PSAC Alternate Regional Executive Vice President, Prairie Region, met with United Conservative MLA for Lethbridge-East and Minister of Affordability and Utilities, Nathan Neudorf, to discuss the joint PSAC-USJE campaign in support of retaining the RCMP in Alberta. MLA Neudorf was engaged throughout the meeting … Read more
On this episode of the Union Safety Net, we’re taking a closer look at Alberta’s relationship with the RCMP. In May 2025, the province passed Bill 49, which establishes the framework for a Provincial Police Force, thereby enabling municipalities to potentially transition away from the RCMP and contract with the province for policing services.
The final day of the week-long site visit tour concluded with a visit to the Wetaskiwin RCMP detachment. The USJE-PSAC team had also planned to visit the Leduc RCMP detachment, but due to the labour dispute at Air Canada, elected officials had to depart early to avoid any disruption. Seven USJE members were in attendance and … Read more
On August 14, National President David Neufeld, RVP Valda Behrens, PSAC-Prairies Regional Executive Vice-President Marianne Hladun and USJE Communications Director Sébastien Bezeau continued the joint advocacy campaign to protect jobs in Alberta. The day consisted of site visits to the RCMP Post Garage and West Campus in Edmonton and two separate lobbying meetings. To begin the … Read more
USJE and PSAC leadership continued their tour of the Edmonton area on August 13 with visits to Elk Point, Fort Saskatchewan and Strathcona/Sherwood Park detachments.
The team from USJE and PSAC continued touring RCMP workplaces in the Edmonton area on August 12 to promote the joint campaign AlbertansForRCMP. The union representatives and staff met with USJE members who work in RCMP detachments located in the communities of Lac La Biche, Bonnyville and St. Paul.
With looming threats to jobs at the RCMP in Alberta, USJE and PSAC Prairies have partnered to advocate for the RCMP and the jobs of all of our USJE members across the province.