BC. municipalities have begun to receive bills for millions of dollars to cover back pay for RCMP members under the police force's new collective agreement — and are warning of tax increases or other budget impacts unless Ottawa helps shoulder the load.
Signed last August, the agreement between the members' union and the federal government secured pay raises for thousands of RCMP members that are retroactive to 2017, covering the period since the pay scale was last updated in 2016.
A spokesperson for the city said municipalities had no role in negotiating the collective agreement, adding the federal government "does not take into account any (city's) ability to pay when negotiating the agreement."
"Cities are informed after the fact," a statement from the city said.
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