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The RCMP’s top cop says no Mounties will be subjected to retribution or discipline for altering their uniforms to protest their pay and working conditions, but Commissioner Bob Paulson is asking members to reflect on their actions.
Late last week, Mounties started to remove or cover up the yellow stripes on the pants.
The catalyst for the campaign was a long-awaited new pay package that virtually everyone at the RCMP, including Paulson, agrees is insufficient.
The Trudeau government has introduced its marijuana bill.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the long-standing prohibition against pot has been an abject failure, police are spending $3 billion a year trying to stamp out cannabis use.
The bill spells out who can legally buy pot and outlines tough new penalties for selling to minors, but it leaves many regulations up to the provinces such as age limits and where it can be sold.