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	<description>Who is keeping them accountable?</description>
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		<title>Watchdog says RCMP must work faster on complaints</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/watchdog-says-rcmp-must-work-faster-on-complaints/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ottawa (Canadian Press) &#8211; The RCMP say it&#8217;s working to deal more quickly with complaints about serious police incidents and have made several policy changes since a man died after being arrested and jolted with a Taser in Prince George, B.C. nine years ago.
The force was responding to the final report by the Commission for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP commish denies being hushed</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-commish-denies-being-hushed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-commish-denies-being-hushed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commissioner of the RCMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political/Government Interference or Involvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Proussaldis, Ottawa (Toronto Sun) &#8211; The commissioner of the RCMP has batted away allegations that the federal government is trying to muzzle him.
&#8220;I certainly have not been muzzled,&#8221; Bob Paulson told a Commons committee on Tuesday.
He was called to testify over recent allegations that Public Safety Minster Vic Toews had stopped him from meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muzzling of RCMP commissioner shows that control is out of control</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/muzzling-of-rcmp-commissioner-shows-that-control-is-out-of-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/muzzling-of-rcmp-commissioner-shows-that-control-is-out-of-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commissioner of the RCMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political/Government Interference or Involvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Kenny (Montreal Gazette) &#8211; I have a story to tell you. But first allow me to say a few words on one of humanity’s finest jewels: democracy.
Governments in countries like Syria have Draconian ways of dealing with citizens who dare to speak openly without their approval. They send out snipers.
Governments in countries like Canada [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government has no business micromanaging RCMP commissioner</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/federal-government-has-no-business-micromanaging-rcmp-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/federal-government-has-no-business-micromanaging-rcmp-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commissioner of the RCMP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Toronto Star) &#8211; Where does Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government get off trying to micromanage the Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner’s day-timer?
Newly-installed Commissioner Bob Paulson has just been told that he can’t meet with Members of Parliament or senators without getting a green light from Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ office. In their hubris, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP commissioner not &#8216;muzzled,&#8217; Toews says</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-commissioner-not-muzzled-toews-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-commissioner-not-muzzled-toews-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attempted Cover Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner of the RCMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political/Government Interference or Involvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(CBC News) &#8211; Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is denying allegations that his department is trying to &#8220;muzzle&#8221; RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson.
Toews was responding to accusations by Liberal Senator Colin Kenny that Toews&#8217; department is trying to silence the Commissioner by approving Paulson&#8217;s meetings.
Kenny had been trying to set up a meeting with Paulson since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All meetings with RCMP must be approved by Conservatives, documents show</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/all-meetings-with-rcmp-must-be-approved-by-conservatives-documents-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/all-meetings-with-rcmp-must-be-approved-by-conservatives-documents-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attempted Cover Up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonda MacCharles and Bruce Campion-Smith, Ottawa (Toronto Star) &#8211; The federal Conservatives are directly exerting strict communications control over the RCMP and its new top cop, documents obtained by the Star reveal.
Public Safety documents released under Access to Information show that top political staff of Minister Vic Toews oversaw and approved the design of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister Toews Announces Re-appointment of Ian McPhail as Interim Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/minister-toews-announces-re-appointment-of-ian-mcphail-as-interim-chair-of-the-commission-for-public-complaints-against-the-rcmp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/minister-toews-announces-re-appointment-of-ian-mcphail-as-interim-chair-of-the-commission-for-public-complaints-against-the-rcmp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political/Government Interference or Involvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(RCMP Watch) &#8211; Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today announced the re-appointment of Mr. Ian McPhail as Vice Chair and Interim Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.
The CPC is an agency of the Federal Government created by Parliament to ensure complaints made by the public about the conduct of RCMP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muzzling Mounties</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/muzzling-mounties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/muzzling-mounties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rcmpwatch.com/?p=4237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Editorial, The Telegram) &#8211; Well, so now the RCMP is supposed to report to political masters before issuing so much as a news release.
Sunday, the Toronto Star described a new communications protocol that the Mounties have received, saying that from now on, when it comes to issues that might “garner national media attention,” the RCMP should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 case reveals &#8216;largest ever&#8217; police spy operation</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/g20-case-reveals-largest-ever-police-spy-operation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/g20-case-reveals-largest-ever-police-spy-operation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Brother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Force]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Groves and Zach Dubinsky (CBC News) &#8211; Police organizations across the country co-operated to spy on community organizations and activists in what the RCMP called one of the largest domestic intelligence operations in Canadian history, documents reveal.
Information about the extensive police surveillance in advance of last year&#8217;s G8 and G20 meetings in southern Ontario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RCMP won&#8217;t investigate G8 legacy fund, allegations of misappropriation</title>
		<link>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-wont-investigate-g8-legacy-fund-allegations-of-misappropriation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rcmpwatch.com/rcmp-wont-investigate-g8-legacy-fund-allegations-of-misappropriation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RCMP Watch</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Your Tax Dollars In Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ottawa (Canadian Press) &#8211; The RCMP has decided not to investigate allegations the Harper government misappropriated funds to lavish on a cabinet minister&#8217;s riding prior to last year&#8217;s G8 summit.
Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings had asked the Mounties during last May&#8217;s election campaign to look into the legality of the $50-million G8 legacy fund.
The fund [...]]]></description>
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