Alberta Outsourcing Policing to Foreigners: Ministry Won’t Rule Out Officers from Corrupt Countries

An advertisement from a federally licensed immigration consultant suggesting that foreign police officers from any country could immigrate to Alberta to police Albertans has sparked public outrage.

Minister Joseph Schow’s press secretary confirmed to @MediaBezirgan that 25 invitations have been issued to foreign police officers to immigrate to Alberta under the new Alberta Advantage Immigration Program.

Although the immigration minister’s office said that recruits are “prioritized” from countries with legal frameworks similar to Canada’s, it has not provided a definitive answer on whether the new program allows Alberta’s police chiefs to recruit from countries like Nigeria, where a Canadian judge has ruled that bribery and extortion are official policy of the national police force.

“The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP) thoroughly vets potential recruits to ensure they are meeting Alberta’s standards for integrity, merit, and national security,” the minister’s press secretary, Hunter Baril, said. However, critics question whether the AACP can be trusted with this task, given their silence on Alberta’s new provincial police force—an organization already mired in controversy over its lack of compliance with Alberta’s stated standards of integrity, merit, and national security.

The inaugural chief of the province’s new police force, Satpal Singh Parhar (aka Sat Parhar), was appointed to the role by the very board he chaired.

The IAPS Oversight Board, tasked with finding the most qualified candidate for the job, somehow ended up hiring its own chair as the chief.

Parhar was previously accused of widespread nepotism during his tenure as deputy chief of the Calgary Police Service, where a gang-like group emerged called “FOS”—Friends of Sat—whose members were allegedly promoted based on loyalty to Parhar rather than merit or qualifications.

With Parhar’s business ties to Nigeria and China, his partnerships with immigration firms, and his commitment to diversity and inclusion, serious questions arise about the type of foreign recruits he may bring into Alberta’s new provincial police force—and whether it will mirror the gang-like “FOS” (Friends of Sat) network he allegedly fostered within the Calgary Police Service.

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