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The RCMP’s workplace culture has been called “dysfunctional,” proven to have affected their policing ability and derailed decades of attempts at reform. Can civilian oversight change that?
In a new Global News investigative series, reporter Jane Gerster looks at how $220 million in taxpayer funds has been spent over 20 years due to the fallout from mismanagement of the Mounties, from sexual harassment lawsuits to federal inquiries into workplace bullying.
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In this episode of the Global News podcast, This is Why, Gerster sits down with Niki Reitmayer and explains what she uncovered.
Watch: former Mounties share their experiences
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