I laughed-off my armchair tonight, watching poor Giuliano Zaccardelli claim that he never disciplined any whistle-blowers inside the RCMP. It provoked laughters from rank-and-file RCMP staffers at the back of the room. See the story. I hope he gets a taste of his own medicine and pays the price of betraying the integrity of Canada's longest-lasting symbol of pride.
But at this point, I'm starting to wonder if the RCMP shoudln't be dismanteled and rebuilt from the ground-up, just like the Sureté-du-Québec was forced to do a few years ago, as the only way to reclaim its legitimacy.
Zaccardelli is the perfect example of how Jean Chretien ran Ottawa: remember who put you there, and do as I say. End result: he controlled the RCMP just like Duplessis ran the Quebec Provincial Police. Zaccardelli should have stepped down the minute Chretien did. Instead, his dishonesty has cast a shadow on the entire force.
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Sadly, I agree.
Funny how we're not that far apart :-)
It should always be about ideas, and not personality.
As for Zaccardelli, I wouldn't even trust him as a night-guard at my local ATM.
Love the Chretien/Zaccardelli quips, AR. Good stuff. :D
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