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This is supposed to be our premier law enforcement agency. They would be investigated by the FBI if they were in the U.S. Toronto Police and Peel Region Police would have been shut down by now, a couple of others on the brink.
A nation that doesn't hold its authority accountable is not a friend of America or Europe. In the case of some agencies in Canada, torturing of kids is 'good police work'...
RCMP employees have lodged hundreds of sexual assault and harassment complaints with a new independent body since its creation two years ago — but according to some of the people who've used it, the process has been afflicted by long delays.
"For these things to be effective, you need somebody to address these issues immediately, a timely investigation," said lawyer Sherry Shir, whose client took the RCMP to court alleging her complaint was dismissed improperly.
"And the process is still missing that very, very significant piece."
Launched on June 30, 2021, the Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution (ICHR) was born in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in the ranks of the RCMP.
A historic class-action lawsuit saw the government pay out more than $125 million to 2,304 women who were sexually assaulted and harassed as Mounties.
Many of the women involved in that case complained about having to take their cases up the chain of command — to superiors they claimed were in some cases responsible for the offending behaviour, or had acted to protect others.
A nation that doesn't hold its authority accountable is not a friend of America or Europe. In the case of some agencies in Canada, torturing of kids is 'good police work'...
RCMP employees have lodged hundreds of sexual assault and harassment complaints with a new independent body since its creation two years ago — but according to some of the people who've used it, the process has been afflicted by long delays.
"For these things to be effective, you need somebody to address these issues immediately, a timely investigation," said lawyer Sherry Shir, whose client took the RCMP to court alleging her complaint was dismissed improperly.
"And the process is still missing that very, very significant piece."
Launched on June 30, 2021, the Independent Centre for Harassment Resolution (ICHR) was born in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in the ranks of the RCMP.
A historic class-action lawsuit saw the government pay out more than $125 million to 2,304 women who were sexually assaulted and harassed as Mounties.
Many of the women involved in that case complained about having to take their cases up the chain of command — to superiors they claimed were in some cases responsible for the offending behaviour, or had acted to protect others.
