We need more people doing the critical jobs in Canada

Canada's health-care system, our military, border services, and the RCMP all need attention. It’s been too long a wait already. We need more people. Let’s go get them.

RCMP Commissioner Michel Duhemme, pictured Feb. 20, 2025, at a news conference in the House foyer. The RCMP has long-standing staffing issues, and former prime minister Justin Trudeau released a white paper recently calling for major reforms to the RCMP, including a narrowing of its mission, Matt Gurney writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MATT GURNEY

March 24, 2025

TORONTO—In the weeks and months to come, we're going to hear a lot about things that Canada should be able to do. We should also make sure we talk about the things we are already doing—in theory—but aren't doing nearly well enough. And a big part of our problem is that...

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