With Mounties due for a pay bump, cash-strapped municipalities seek reprieve from Ottawa
Mounties are due to receive a chunk of retroactive pay after negotiating their first-ever collective agreement. Some municipalities say the looming salary bump will stress their finances — and they want Ottawa to step up.Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets await badge presentations at a graduation ceremony at the RCMP Academy in Regina on June 5, 2017. (Valerie Zink/Reuters)Mounties are…