Recently they attended a big awards ceremony honoring gay people (and former P.M. Jean Chretien) in their scarlet reds, now they are found to have attended a Liberal son’s wedding. And they got sponsorship cash as we know. And they are the federal police force, not the “Liberals’ Police Force”, funded entirely by government, which of course means your taxpayer money, not the Liberals’ cash (they so often get the two confused). To wit:
Critics seeing red over Mounties
By MARIA McCLINTOCK, Parliamentary Bureau
[June 2 2005]
The RCMP is coming under fire for providing four officers in their famous red serge to attend Justin Trudeau’s swank Montreal wedding, a move critics say is an inappropriate use of staff.The Mounties defended the assignment yesterday, stating the officers volunteered for the job and no public funds were used.
A former Mountie, however, said it looks bad on the RCMP to provide such a service for a member of one of Canada’s elite families.
“I can’t help but wonder the appropriateness of being essentially mascots at the social events of the rich and famous,” said Ken Azzopardi, who retired from the RCMP in 1988 after more than 20 years of service.
“It’s a former prime minister’s son, but so what? It’s completely inappropriate. I’m just concerned that the force just cosies up to the governing party.”
Azzopardi, now CEO of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said he has also posted a note of complaint to the RCMP’s website.
“You can’t help but think this is the crown prince of the Liberal machine and … there was some pressure applied to have somebody there. The RCMP should have said no.”
PTBC was founded by Mr. Johannesen in 2000.
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