OTTAWA - Public Safety
Minister Vic Toews has ordered the RCMP’s commissioner to go back to the
drawing board to rewrite an action plan to address damning findings of
gender bias in the force. In an unprecedented and sharply-worded letter
to Commissioner Bob Paulson, Toews expresses a deep frustration
over the extent of the problem and the RCMP’s evident failure to address
it in any meaningful way. (Toronto Star)
VANCOUVER - The Mounties
have issued a sweeping denial in a high-profile sexual harassment suit
by a BC officer, whose allegations have prompted other women to come
forward with their own claims of abuse. (CP)
VANCOUVER - In handing down the decision against
Staff Sgt. Travis Pearson
an RCMP disciplinary board said the penalty would have been more
severe if the investigating officer had charged him with abuse of
authority. (CBC)
PRINCE GEORGE
- In its response to a scathing report documenting allegations of sex
assault at the hands of police in BC's indigenous communities, the RCMP
says it's "impossible" to deal with the accusations unless the victims
are identified. (CTV)
BC RCMP who are members
of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are featured in
a new video created to inspire others who may have faced struggles
growing up as LGBT Canadians. (CBC)