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Reporter Jane Gerster has made it her mission to understand why these problems are happening, and she says that the Mounties – which originated as a paramilitary force to defend Canada’s interests in the West – must grapple with the nature of the institution if they can ever hope to be reformed.
Further reading:
Jane Gerster’s latest piece in the Walrus, “The Dark Side of the RCMP,”
Jane Gerster’s story in Vice about Kystle Knott
CBC’s Mounties on Duty: A History of the RCMP
The RCMP is Broken by Stephen Maher
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