National Police Federation
January 17, 2022
NPF continues to turn its back on members
Brian Sauvé,
Since the summer of 2021, I’ve had several bad experiences with the NPF and only a couple of good ones. I would normally source all the information in my emails, but it’s been my experience that the NPF representatives either won’t have the time to look at it or do not care to look at it. Either way, know that I can back everything up I have in this email and I’m willing to provide the relevant material if asked.
I am part of the Black Equity Working Group with the NPF. I can honestly say I have experienced far less discrimination as a Black police officer than the discrimination members who are currently on forced unpaid leave have experienced.
Not only are these members experiencing hate speech from the Prime Minister, but they have been banned from several community settings, had no meaningful support from their union, and had their pay cut off purely for exercising their right to bodily autonomy. I can happily say that identifying as Black or a police officer has never caused any of the above hardships.
The Supreme Court of Canada determined that a "societal handicap"; society’s response to a real or perceived disability, should be the focus of a discrimination analysis. The Ontario Human Rights Code included in their definition of “Disability” that a person who does not currently have a disability, but they are treated adversely because of a perception that they will eventually develop a disability, become a burden, pose a risk, and/or require accommodation.
I know for a fact that several people applied for NPF’s Equity Working Group, describing themselves as people who had not yet received a COVD-19 treatment injection and facing discrimination. Were any of these people accepted into NPF’s Equity Working Group? I have yet to find someone that was. I sit on a committee where I listen to NPF reps state how much better they’re doing than the RCMP ever did at representing vulnerable groups. I listen as other group members talk about how in the past, the RCMP preached one thing while practicing another. The actions of the NPF are no different than the RCMP’s actions. Though you may look yourself in the mirror and pat yourself on the back for helping out the Black kids, I assure you, your help isn’t wanted at the expense of others.
Under your leadership, the NPF continues to turn its back on members from a vulnerable group that both the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Human Rights Code have articulated should be recognized and protected. The NPF needs to change its approach and start supporting these members. As a member who pays union dues, I’m disgusted to see how poorly you’ve treated these members and how you’ve refused to provide them a seat at the equity table.
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