It is "discouraging" that delegates at a convention of Saskatchewan rural municipalities passed a resolution to ask the federal government to expand self-defence laws to include property, says the head of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron was reacting to the resolution passed Tuesday by rural reeves and councillors attending the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention. "We're trying to get that message across that we need better protection for our rural residents that feel threatened." "Rural Saskatchewan residents need to feel safe in their own homes," he said. The province said it has no plans to increase the number of rural RCMP officers, but is was working with police on deployment in rural areas.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2017 16:08 UTC