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…
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Department of nothing much changes
BCCLA files complaint after RCMP Detachment Head comments “The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is filing a complaint after the head of the Langley RCMP made comments that could interfere with…
More theatre of the absurd
Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender says negotiations are complete, an agreement for continuing the RCMP role in British Columbia is done. Attorney General Shirley Bond – the person who promised to…
G20 investigation: RCMP spies vs conspirators
> The JIG is up. An RCMP-led Joint Intelligence Group comprised of federal, provincial and municipal police infiltrated activist groups prior to the G20 and Vancouver Olympics in what they…
RCMP Contract
An open letter to Shirley Bond BC Attorney General Re: RCMP Contract Ms Bond. It is my understanding that you have no plans to consider recent events in policing in…
Stephen Harper Inches Canada Even Closer Toward a Dictatorship
Within weeks of being elected in 2006, Stephen Harper limited access to his government, by both the media and the public. He closed down a searchable database that provided easier…
The HGRCMP
A new public relations protocol comes into being for the RCMP and it is leaked to the Toronto Star: “Government puts tighter leash on RCMP public statements.” So what are…
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.…
A gun registry case for mandatory minimum penalties
The Toronto Star is reporting that the Harper government has reinforced its efforts to strip Canada’s national police service of its independence. Removing the RCMP’s communications independence is the just…
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…
On Global Day of Action, Occupy Ottawa flexes underrated muscle
By Obert Madondo Even as the threat of eviction from Confederation Park looms larger, the Occupy Ottawa movement is getting stronger, says Arun Smith. Yesterday, the movement held simultaneous marches…
Herman Cain – serial sexual harasser? That’s nothing. Try being a female Mountie.
- Your life will be a living hell. Welcome to the famous RCMP, home to sexual harassment and thuggery. “Everything that came out of his mouth was sexual,” Galliford said.…
John Ivison and the Case for a Canadian Foreign Intelligence Agency
Today’s example of a woefully uninformed journalist spouting off on a subject of crucial national importance is John Ivison, whose Monday column in the National Post is what presently passes…
Herman Cain – serial sexual harasser? That’s nothing. Try being a female Mountie.
Your life will be a living hell. Welcome to the famous RCMP, home to sexual harassment and thuggery. "Everything that came out of his mouth was sexual," Galliford said. "If…
"an arab running around"
The fact that Abdullah Almalki was "an arab running around" in Canada was enough to eventually get him detained and tortured in Syria. That and a little guilt by association.…
Wiebo Ludwig, fierce and ailing at 69, brings his inescapable star power to Edmonton
Wiebo Ludwig, Saturday night in Edmonton. Below: John Brown, in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington; David York, director and writer of the NFB production Wiebo’s War; Richard Boonstra.Something about…
Mounties try to strong arm BC
I say, screw 'em. If you're a law enforcement agency and you try to 'blackmail' a province, you can go fuck yourself.Hardball federal negotiators have demanded that B.C. accept Ottawa’s…
No freedom of assembly in Harperica
Dawg had a timely post yesterday on the scandalous conduct of the NYPD during the Occupy Wall Street protests.To that, add this "long line of Canadians being arrested for protecting…
RCMP brought into middle of PEI election
"Ottawa calls for probe of PEI immigration program." The timing of all of this is suspect: The federal government is calling in the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency…