Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair

The Liberals have pledged $1.7-billion to hire 1,000 RCMP personnel over the next four years as the force faces a vacancy rate of 7.7 per cent, representing more than 1,400 jobs outside of that hiring push.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, pictured Oct. 20, 2025, at the Senate National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs Committee, have committed to hiring additional officers in the RCMP, which is currently experiencing a 7.7 per cent total vacancy rate.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

November 6, 2025

The federal budget's $1.7-billion investment to hire 1,000 RCMP personnel is being met with optimism from the union and the RCMP advisory board, but the chair says meeting that pledge will require "iconoclastic ideas" from leadership as the force faces an officer vacancy rat...

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