RCMP claims they are not hiring right now. Edmonton is not that easy to get into. At least it wasn't a few years ago. They wanted people that knew the city inside out.
The Govt shafted the RCMP and Transport Canada by farming out alot of the security to private companies. Harper just doesn't seem to want to invest in Canada and the top notch services that don't need the help of private companies.
He has no idea. He live on the east coast.
You could be right. I do know that many of the RCMP (including 32 from this city) are seconded to the Olympics and for now at least, we'll need security from other sources. That is BC though. I don't know what's happening in other provinces or whether or not applicants from there are being turned down. The person I know that was turned down is a Turkish Muslim. I thought he was a shoe in. I work with another person who says he wouldn't trust him as far as he could throw him but I'm under the impression his lack of trust is more bias than it is a true lack of a person. I say bias rather than racial because he often mistrusts many people and they are not all of a different race than he is. I don't believe the applicant went far enough with the application to be turned down for other reasons so I guess that they must just be too busy to process applications right now. I assume that until the Olympics are over, that will apply to other places as well as the police are very focused on that whole event right now and security is very very tight.
I live in BC so someone from Alberta will have to answer that for you since that is where you want to go. Unless you have previous experience though, you don't just decide to become a police officer. You have to take several months training. Housing starts and housing costs in BC are on the up swing again right now. I don't know what's happening in other provinces regarding that either. I guess it's clear that I don't intend to move. ;-)
A one bedroom apt. here costs at least that much and this is a small BC city. I think Calgary would be more expensive than here. Ex daughter-in-law pays that much for a one bedroom and she's not exactly living at the Ritz!
