One of the women who helped lead a successful lawsuit against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is now urging politicians of all stripes to swiftly pass a bill reforming the national police force’s watchdog.
“The RCMP is falling apart,” said Janet Merlo. “If it doesn’t get fixed soon, I think it’s going to lose so many good members.”
Merlo has spent more than a decade fighting for change within the RCMP.
After working as an officer in British Columbia for nearly 20 years, her doctor advised her to go on medical leave in 2010 when the bullying and harassment she faced became intolerable.
She and her co-plaintiff,
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