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I am also 100% against hijabs being added to our Mountie uniforms. There should be no religious affiliations prominently displayed with a police uniform. How safe will a Jewish person feel when pulled over by a clearly adorned Muslim Mountie? How supported will a female domestic violence victim feel with a Mountie who's wearing something that symbolizes her acceptance of women's subjugation to men? What happens if she has to arrest (or even deal with) a Muslim man...will he respect her authority at all when she is clearly communicating with the hijab that she is subservient to him? The uniform and the hijab are at odds with each other.

New person here! I am one of the ones who lost a home in Fort Mac (in Beacon Hill). I did not have to evacuate, as I was working in Edmonton that day. My ex was there and called at noon that day to say everything was okay. He was working in the Emergency Operations Center keeping an eye on the fires. Then at 2:30 pm, I got called out of a meeting with a phone call from him, crying on the side of the highway because the police would not let him go back to the house to get our dog. The fire was only a few feet from our house by then, so thank you to the policeman who kept him from going back. By 9 pm there was nothing left of my house except a smoldering hole. I know for a fact that there were no "eyes on the ground" that day, so no one knew Beacon Hill was burning until homes were already on fire. This could have been so, so much worse. Our insurance company has been pretty good, although they will only cover a portion of the home's contents. So thank you to everyone who has donated items or money. Not everyone is "rich" in Fort Mac. The mortgage on the house was $1400/mth and now my ex pays that, plus $2200 for a tiny basement suite. Hardly a day goes by that I don't remember something dear or important or that I need that was lost in the fire. I enjoyed reading this thread. And now I have 1 post under my belt.