Mounties issue sweeping denial in B.C. harassment lawsuit

The RCMP is denying allegations contained in a high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit against the force that prompted several other female Mounties to come forward with claims of abuse.
Cpl. Catherine Galliford, who was a police spokeswoman on the Air India and Robert Pickton cases, first outlined her allegations in an interview with CBC News last fall and filed her lawsuit in May

Please read the whole CBC slant here;

Mounties issue sweeping denial in B.C. harassment lawsuit - British Columbia - CBC News

Galliford is seeking unspecified damages for loss of past and future income in addition to punitive and aggravated damages.

Aye, there's the rub!

RCMP must disclose intimate relationships, draft policy states

The draft comes at a time when Paulson has been trying to clamp down on officer misconduct and is grappling with allegations of pervasive sexual harassment and discrimination within the force.

The draft “interpersonal workplace relationships” policy defines reportable relationships as “ongoing or singular consensual, intimate, romantic or sexual relationships” between those in positions of authority and their subordinates or those who fall under their sphere of control.

Employees involved in such relationships would be required to report the “existence, nature and extent” of their relationships to a manager immediately in writing.

Supervisors and subordinates in the RCMP who engage in consensual, intimate relationships will be required to “immediately” report in writing details of their relationships under a draft administrative policy obtained by Postmedia News.
Such relationships raise concerns about potential conflicts of interest, preferential treatment and sexual harassment, the draft policy states, and could be damaging to morale, productivity and public confidence in the force.
In an interview Friday, Commissioner Bob Paulson said the policy is not intended to regulate people’s lives or prohibit relationships from forming — “I’m all for relationships,” he said — but to ensure that the workplace remains respectful and professional.

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Looks to me like the real rape was planned in a lawyer's office, and the main assailant is waiting for the payback for filing some briefs, giving out a few press releases, and financing the coffee and cookies in the lobby for the apparent nonstop stream of volunteers for this exercise in lucrative reconstructed memory.

If this suit should actually win in court, what's the share coming to each litigant, as opposed to the share for Comrade Zeitzef?

The most egregious sex crimes of all have names, but not ones that appears in statute books:

BILLABLE HOURS

PUNITIVE DAMAGES

COURT COSTS

CONSULTING & INVESTIGATION FEES

Favorite line from Twelve O'clock High:

"I never heard of a jury convicting the lawyer."

I posted a story yesterday about female firefighter recruitment

Female firefighters hope Camp Ignite will empower women to accomplish their dreams

I especially liked this comment which has been removed from the original article;

anon232323

10:39 AM on 8/10/2012


first of all..

No, a woman can NOT do the same job a male firefighter can...don't even try to debate that. You feminist crusaders always supplant reality with anger.

Putting other firefighters and victims in jeopardy just because some girls want to prove they can do anything a man can do is irresponsible and pathetic.

(btw...nice pic of the pretty girl on the ladder, hope her make-up doesn't get smeared too bad during the fire that was "omg...really really hot and like all smokey and stuff")

Second, just another area where women will cry sexual harrassment and launch lawsuits because they overheard dirty jokes, or didn't get to be firechief during the first year...we don't need that BS anymore!!

Female Mounties fear reporting harassment

Female Mounties are afraid to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment and bullying on the job because they don't have faith their complaints will be taken seriously and they believe it will be them — not the problem officers — who will ultimately be punished, an internal RCMP report has found.
The report, conducted in response to a number of high-profile allegations of sexual harassment, details the results of focus groups involving 426 RCMP officers and employees from B.C., many of whom told their own stories of being bullied, belittled and in some cases sexually harassed and assaulted by colleagues and superiors.
Those same officers said the force and its senior officers are ill-equipped or even unwilling to properly deal with the problem.

'Their life was made hell by those in management positions who have used their authority to intimidate.'—Anonymous participant in RCMP focus group

"There was an overwhelming perception, based on personal observations, that there are no consequences for the harasser other than having to transfer and/or be promoted," says the report, obtained through access-to-information laws.

more....
Female Mounties fear reporting harassment - British Columbia - CBC News

Toews blasts RCMP for ‘troubling’ gender-bias audit, gives them three weeks to compile plan

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is giving Canada’s top cop less than three weeks to put forward a plan to address the “troubling” results of a recent gender-based audit of the RCMP’s workforce.
In a tersely worded letter to Bob Paulson on Thursday, Toews appeared to be dismayed that the RCMP commissioner decided to go public with the results of the audit in an interview with Postmedia News, rather than put forward a comprehensive plan to address the issues related to female representation in the force.
Toews also included a partial checklist of the issues he wanted to see addressed.
They include:

• recruitment goals for females
• a plan for reaching, in the “immediate term,” a force in which 30 per cent of RCMP officers are women
• reductions in timelines to address complaints and reductions in the overall number of complaints
• recruitment and promotion targets for female members
• retention goals

Toews demanded he receive the plan “no later than Dec. 11, 2012.”
The audit is poised to become public Friday once it’s distributed to the Commons committee on public safety, the status of women committee and the Senate committee on national security and defence.

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Vic Toews blasts RCMP for ‘troubling’ gender-bias audit, gives them three weeks to compile plan | Canadian Politics | Canada | News | National Post

Added after 30 minutes:

Comment;

Grant
Great instead of equal opportunity for those capable we now hold the hands of them to get them to the top where they cant apparently make it themselves.

Toews demands RCMP form gender bias action plan

Public safety minister wants plan with 'specific, objectively measurable, milestones' by Dec. 11

Toews demands RCMP form gender bias action plan - Canada - CBC News

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outdoors wrote after a few censored comment's;

And the CBC feminist mod's just love that "censor" button.

Must be their way of "feeling" they have power and control,when they let their, "emotions," narate who get's to comment.

Typical.

RCMP issues latest denial in string of harassment lawsuits

VANCOUVER — The RCMP has issued its latest denial in a series of harassment lawsuits filed by female Mounties.
The latest case involves Const. Karen Katz, who has launched two lawsuits — the first alleging harassment by one of her colleagues, and a second alleging widespread harassment and abuse throughout her career on the force.
The RCMP already issued a statement of defence earlier this year denying the allegations in Katz’s first lawsuit, which targeted Corp. Baldev (David) Singh Bamra, an officer who Katz worked with in the Vancouver area. Bamra has also denied all of her allegations.

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RCMP issues latest denial in string of harassment lawsuits | Canada | News | National Post

From this;

The report, conducted in response to a number of high-profile allegations of sexual harassment, details the results of focus groups involving 426 RCMP officers and employees from B.C., many of whom told their own stories of being bullied, belittled and in some cases sexually harassed and assaulted by colleagues and superiors.

antimisandry.com Sexual harassment claims top issue for new RCMP head


To this;

Abuse of authority accounted for the second largest number of complaints (427), followed by discrimination (40) and sexual harassment which accounted for a mere 26 complaints in nearly eight years.

Report reveals RCMP

PC euphemisms and convoluted statistics aside,

I'm stuck trying to work out how a gender quota translates into "transparency and objectivity".

And, given the apparent sex of the reporter, how it was that "Postmedia News obtained a copy (of the report) in advance"...

Ex-Mountie claims she is being censored

Denied chance to speak before Commons committee on sexual harrassment in RCMP

A veteran RCMP officer who was scheduled to testify before a House of Commons committee investigating harassment within the force says she's being censored and excluded after submitting her speaking notes.
Krista Carle said Friday she was shocked when Conservative members of the House of Commons standing committee on the status of women cancelled her appearance yesterday on Parliament Hill, shortly after she submitted her speaking notes to the committee 36 hours before hand, as required.
Carle said she was told she couldn't testify because she's among 300 female RCMP officers waiting to join a class-action lawsuit alleging they were sexually harassed while working for the force.

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Ex-Mountie claims she is being censored - British Columbia - CBC News

Some comments;

Franklin Allenstandard2013/03/09
at 2:21 AM

Simple solution - don't allow men past constable rank in the RCMP. All management positions must be filled by women.

Jack Canadastandard2013/03/08
at 11:23 PM
Krista Carle for RCMP Commisioner. Boot the "old boys" club leader to the curb.

RCMP has 'no interest' in discussing harassment suit settlement

Senators hear of bullying, harassment from Mounties in B.C.

A lawyer representing 300 women who worked for the RCMP alleging harassment and gender-based discrimination in a lawsuit says the national police force is declining an offer to mediate.

"The RCMP indicated they have no interest to discuss settlement. It comes as a big surprise to us," said Vancouver class action lawyer David Klein.
But earlier this year, RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson's action plan said the force would "expeditiously resolve, wherever appropriate, outstanding harassment-related lawsuits."
On Friday, Klein said his clients want to see some solutions.
"They want the RCMP and the women themselves to be able to move past this to settle," Klein said.
The allegations in the proposed class action lawsuit have not yet been tested in court.

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RCMP has 'no interest' in discussing harassment suit settlement - British Columbia - CBC News