Today in the Victoria Times Colonist, reporter Jack Knox had an
article entitled … B.C.
Tories tap into worries about costs, gaffes of RCMP. Early on in the story he makes the following
comment:
An hour after word leaked out that Ottawa and the province were - finally! - close to a deal on a new RCMP contract Monday, the B.C. Conservatives issued a report calling the Mounties "inept and outdated."Not that what the Conservatives say carries much weight, as they haven't elected an MLA since the 1970s. But in calling for B.C. to look at forming its own police force, they did drag up criticisms that, fair or not, neither the politicians nor the RCMP can afford to ignore.
There are many things to consider in this report, prepared for the BC Conservative Party by former Newfoundland and Labrador
Premier Brian Peckford, and they do bear consideration.
That aside … my attention was caught by the very beginning of the story.
