Canada’s largest police union is demanding the minister of culture launch an inquiry into a CBC Entertainment program that allegedly tricked retired RCMP officers into participating in interviews only to be “publicly shamed” on stage with accusations tied to residential schools and systemic racism.
The National Police Federation (NPF), which represents roughly 20,000 RCMP members, says it also wants to express “outrage and shock” that retired Mounties were “ambushed on camera” by the taxpayer-funded program.
Participants say they were led to believe they were taking part in a documentary honouring RCMP veterans but were instead brought before a live audience and pressured to respond to speeches criticizing the RCMP and Canada’s treatment of indigenous peoples….