As if trying—as if on purpose—to complicate life itself, liberals tend to try to redefine, re-engineer, and otherwise re-jig life and even life’s simplest endeavors to the point where things simply break. Then they attempt to fix it using the same logic and thought patterns that got them there in the first place.
Why the Mounties can’t get their men
If too few well-qualified applicants are seeking admission to the RCMP’s academy in Regina, it is likely because the Mounties have done all they could in the last decade to scare off young white males. While brass deny it, for a time in the mid-1990s the RCMP had a “no white males” policy. Some recruiters admitted to applicants that the force had a five-year backlog of Caucasian men and wouldn’t consider any more until it had reached its gender and racial hiring goals. Just to get an interview, white males needed a score of 115 on the police aptitude test, women needed a 96 and visible minority candidates an 86.
Such quotas are said to permeate promotions, too. For instance, although the RCMP has a comparatively small number of officers in Quebec, bilingualism is a key to selection for command, which has left many serving male, anglophone members embittered—understandably so.
In addition, there is the obvious politicization of the Mounted Police. It is no longer perceived by many as an independent force. Rather, it is now seen as a branch of the Solicitor-General’s office like any other. The commissioner has the standing of an associate deputy minister. This has enabled Cabinet to ally the RCMP too closely to unpopular programs such as the firearms registry. Enforcement of Ottawa’s gun controls has made the force less popular in places where it was once revered, such as Atlantic Canada and the rural West.
The Mounties also received $3-million in Adscam money, and is widely seen as ineffectual at investigating corruption scandals. The perception is growing that the once proud police organization—often called the best in the world—is in the process of becoming a tool of politicians and social engineers.
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