Re: Canada's Puppet Police Force

Canada's puppet police force
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Calgary/Licia_Corbella/2005/06/05/1072040.html

(This is an excerpt from the above noted/linked article by Licia Corbella)
“… I said something like: ‘If it's true Grewal was approached by the Liberals to defect prior to the non-confidence vote in the House for a plum political position, instead of just taping his calls and meetings with the Liberals, he should have got the RCMP to do it, then the veracity of his claims would not be questioned.’

My friend's response: ‘The RCMP would have just tipped off the Liberals as to what was happening. The RCMP is a Liberal puppet.’”

It is a shame that there is even sentiment like this pervading our society. I remember a time when the institution of the RCMP was well beyond any reproach. When I was a young man, shortly out of high school, I had befriended a couple of newly recruited Mounties. They were both from different areas across the country and they were stationed in my home town of Langley. B.C. and they were both absolutely thrilled about their career choice. About a year later one of the guys got married to his sweet heart back home and upon their return I was invited over to meet his bride. As I was viewing their wedding photos I was struck by the strongly patriotic nature of the groom’s vivid red dress Surge. There he stood, before my own eyes, and now in the person of a friend, this symbolic figure that was first, and years before, enshrined in my childhood psyche as a uniquely Canadian hero. A commanding presence he was, and his stature was added to by both his flat brimmed Stetson and the brown Strathcona boots he wore to round out the uniform. Here he was this symbol of Canada along side his bride in white. It was an awe-inspiring site! It was much more than a wedding picture, it was truly a symbol of our nation. It typified all that was good and wholesome and honorable about Canada.

There are many, and I suspect most, Mounties who still feel the same way about their profession that my pals did and for that we should all be grateful. However, as has been the demise of our military, through government neglect, malfeasance and corruption, as well as its continuous attempts to appease the storm troopers of political correctness, our political masters have brought ruination to that which once was a majestic symbol of all that was great about Canada. The RCMP has, over a short period of about twenty years or so, become a mere shadow of what it once was, both as an institution and as a Canadian cultural icon. That, my friends, is both a shame and a scandal.
Mike