Royal Canadian Mounted Police to demonstrate pride, humility during 150th anniversary
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the 150th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Tuesday by acknowledging mistakes the force has made in the past, and expressing hope for change.
Acting RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme said in his own statement that the anniversary “calls on us to reflect who we are, where we’ve come from and where we’re going based on 150 years of lessons learned.” He said the RCMP has played a role in “some of Canada’s most difficult and dark moments” and has faced its share of challenges.
But it has also played darker roles in the past century-and-a-half, including repressing Indigenous uprisings and acting as “truant officers” to enforce attendance at residential schools. When Canada’s founding leaders first conceived of a federal police service, history tells us it was merely an emergency measure, a contingency plan to enforce Canadian laws throughout what was then known as the North-West Territories.
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