“There’s never a dull moment, never a day the same.”
Sharmon
Analyst, Strategic Planning
On the job:
25 years
Miramichi
New Brunswick
What’s the key to keeping busy departments, like the Firearms Program, running? People like Sharmon, working behind the scenes to ensure operations function the way they should.
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What do you like about your job?
I touch on everything that happens within the operation. I make sure everything is running smoothly; and if it isn’t, I figure out what needs to be done to have everything back up and running again.
This is my favourite position I’ve had so far. I get to be involved in so many things, I’m busy in a good way. I appreciate that my opinion and my experience is valued, and I get to express myself. There’s never a dull moment; never a day the same.
What changes have you seen over the last 25 years?
The improvements in the systems since 1998 are huge. A transfer used to take 3 hours, but now it takes 3 minutes. Things are constantly changing. The regime of licensing has changed. We used to have possession-only licenses, but those were taken away. Registration of long guns was taken away with bill C-19. I find a lot of things come full circle. Some of the processes we had back then are being revisited because some of them did work.
“I touch on everything that happens within the operation.”
Sharmon
Analyst, Strategic Planning
