Why the RCMP Commissioner Still Doesn’t Get It
It seems only appropriate that on the very day Mike Duffy returned to the Senate, the RCMP Commissioner should appear before a Senate committee and show once again why he…
Bob Paulson
The Duffy Trial: Why the RCMP Owes Canadians an Explanation
When Justice Charles Vaillancourt acquitted Mike Duffy, he brought down his gavel on the head of quite a few others.He savaged Stephen Harper's PMO for the way it had tried…
Why Justin Trudeau Should Fire the RCMP Commissioner
When the RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson was working for the Con regime, I couldn't help feeling that he was turning the force into the Harper Police.Or help wondering whether he…
Michael Harris: Have the Mounties Become Harper’s Private Police?
A few days ago I wrote a post where I wondered why the RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has so far failed to explain the reason his investigators decided not to…
The Duffy Cover-Up: Why the RCMP Must Explain Itself
Now that we know that Stephen Harper's lawyer believed that Nigel Wright had Harper sign off on a five-point plan to payoff Mike Duffy. That good to go really meant…
The Parliament Hill Gunman, and the Madness of the Con Regime
More than four months after Michael Zehaf-Bibeau stormed Parliament Hill the RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has finally released the video the gunman made shortly before he was killed.Or at least…
Open letter to RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson on climate change and national security
In this open letter to RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson, Ben West challenges the RCMP’s labeling of environmentalists as a threat to Canada’s national security. The post Open letter to RCMP…
The Parliament Hill Shooting: What is the RCMP Hiding?
Almost as soon as the shooting stopped, and not long after he emerged from his closet, Stephen Harper declared that Canada was under attack by the dark forces of ISIS.And…
Peter MacKay and the Great War on Marijuana and the Police
I suppose it was too good to be true. Most things in Harperland are like that eh? Any good idea that sticks its head above the ground is mown down…
To understand the RCMP: Re-sergeance.net
Out of the Cake: A response to the Commissioner, Dr. Mike Webster, R. Psych. Let me begin by quoting David A. Brown, QC Chair of the Task Force on Governance…
What’s the next dump of grungy news?
There’s more bad news coming about the RCMP, including information on unprofessional conduct in the Surrey Six gangland murder investigation. In a May internal memo, Commissioner Bob Paulson warned that…
RCMP change not welcome after all
Almost two months ago, I wrote Rewarding incompetence and stated my hope that, under its new leader, RCMP had turned a corner toward an era of accountability and respectability: “That…
Rewarding incompetence
William Elliott was the first civilian Commissioner of the RCMP. An abject failure while heading Canada’s once esteemed police agency, Elliott departed recently. Like disgraced predecessor Giuliano Zaccardelli, this man…
Quelle surprise! Harper muzzles top dog Mountie.
It’s not enough to exhibit iron-fisted control over his own party members and the media but Mr. Harper is making sure that theConservative message is also dictated to the RCMP.…
Quelle surprise! Harper muzzles top dog Mountie.
It’s not enough to exhibit iron-fisted control over his own party members and the media but Mr. Harper is making sure that the Conservative message is also dictated to the…