OTTAWA-Analysts say hundreds of millions of dollars of promised new security spending in the federal budget will not be an instant solution to national law-enforcement challenges.
The budget doles out almost $293 million over five years to police and intelligence agencies for additional resources to fight extremism.
University of Ottawa security expert Wesley Wark notes just $18 million of this money is earmarked for 2015-16, despite apparently pressing needs, particularly at the RCMP.
Concerns about homegrown extremism have prompted the Mounties to move more than 600 officers to counter-terrorism duties from investigating organized crime, espionage and other serious offences.
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