Grand Bank, NL – Progressive Conservative Leader Tony Wakeham today, while touring the Burin Peninsula, focused on how a PC government will restore safer communities on the Burin Peninsula. Wakeham was joined by Jamie Engram, PC candidate for Burin-Grand Bank.

“Jamie Engram has been a community advocate focused on increasing the safety and tackling addictions on the Burin Peninsula,” said Wakeham. “As an MHA, Jamie will continue to work for real action to help create better healthcare, lower taxes, and safer communities for all of us.” 

Wakeham noted that the RCMP detachment in Grand Bank now sits empty, only being used as a satellite station for interviews when needed. “There once was a time when there were four full time police officers stationed in Grand Bank, now there are zero. The only RCMP officers on the Burin Peninsula are now stationed in Marystown,” said Wakeham.

The addition of 25 new RCMP officers for rural Newfoundland and Labrador is a recommendation of the National Police Federation.

“In fact – in 2025 the National Police Federation implored the government to support hiring 25 new RCMP officers as soon as possible – saying that doing so was critical to ensuring safety,” concluded Wakeham. “When it comes to creating safer communities, that’s a suggestion I’m willing to take - for all of us”

In addition to hiring more police officers, a Wakeham government will make safer communities safer for all of us by:

 

● Hiring additional Crown Attorneys to make sure criminals are sentenced without delay. A delay in prosecuting crime does not reduce crime.

● Pressing the federal government to end “catch-and-release” practices that allow repeat offenders back on the streets.