Give the RCMP the resources it needs

It’s long past time for the Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to take direct ownership of this ridiculous and damaging state of affairs.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured in a scrum on the Hill, signed off on an annual bonus package for top RCMP brass totalling more than $1.7-million. The bonuses were doled out among 96 senior officers and included $295,514 for six deputy commissioners—a nine per cent increase over their 2015 bonuses.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SENATOR COLIN KENNY

April 3, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—Last year, Public Safety Minister Goodale signed off on an annual bonus package for top RCMP brass totalling more than $1.7-million. The bonuses were doled out among 96 senior officers and included $295,514 for six deputy commissioners—a nine per cent increase over their 2015 bon...

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