The West Block: April 2, 2023 | RCMP failures and Rogers-Shaw merger risks

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police's reputation and morale have seemingly taken hit after hit in recent years. Last week, a blistering report was issued over the Mounties’ performance in the worst mass shooting in Canadian history where a gunman executed 22 innocent people in Nova Scotia. The report found the RCMP failed in almost every way. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson spoke with Mike Duheme, the interim RCMP commissioner, about what the force is doing to live up to its claim that it will do better.

Plus, communications giant Rogers is taking over Shaw in one of the biggest corporate mergers Canada has ever seen, valued at $26 billion. Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne initially refused the deal, but now he says it will help lower costs for Canadians who are currently paying some of the highest wireless prices in the world. A week after the federal government pitched its consumer-friendly budget, Stephenson speaks with Armine Yalnizyan, economist and Atkinson fellow on the future of workers, and Craig Alexander, former chief economist at Deloitte and TD Bank, about whether this merger will really mean lower bills for Canadians.

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[andrewsock]

You can’t stop people on a suicide mission aside from not creating the type of stress that triggers one. I’m only guessing law sent him on that rampage.

[rayzor]

Marco mendocino talks too much rubbish thats a total fact

[katoffeevhs]

i decided in 2004 to never support Rogers. that's not changing, 19 years later.

[bobbieforseth]

If the merger goes through and the prices aren't lowered then what recourse does the Gov't have to rectify it and will the gov't act on a recourse if available

[Spitfire_Cowboy]

Glad the RCMP are learning from the past and are moving forward. Given those RC's that were gunned down in Mayerthorpe Alberta and other provinces, but especially in Alberta. It is no surprise to see certain individuals pushing for provincial forces so those that kill cops go to provincial jails rather than federal.

[myglesyrp]

Thank you Global for Reporting again 😊

[grantc]

You can’t have an essentially rural police force and give them all the serious stuff to investigate, they don’t have the skill set. Local policing is better delivered by locals who are part of the community long term. It’s the Mounties inability to change and share information even internally that does a real disservice to public, more accountability wouldn’t go amiss either.

[haekalafrizal]

Welcome To April 2023 🇮🇩🇨🇦
Marhaban Ya Ramadhan 2023 🇮🇩🇨🇦
Happy Fasting Ramadhan 2023 🇮🇩🇨🇦

[whatthepick]

Succession-style feud gripping Canada settled as court sides with Edward Rogers remembers that family feud well now were into Season 2 the Takeover

[UltimaOnlineAlpha]

The federal mandate is to make the monarchy appear flawless and their territories civil even if it literally means sweeping a mountain of children's skeletons under the rug. (Hiding the horrors of residential school murders of innocent children to this very day.)

[mr.c.]

The RCMP Commissioner can barely speak English lol

[caillecaille]

The government needs to buy all the infrastructure away from theses thief’s and welcome smaller companies in to help with competitive prices. The government bought a pipeline they could easily pay all the countries infrastructure so that they stopped using this has there bargaining leverage.

[timlynch]

Deal with the economy instead of tearing peoples lives apart. Thanks for not using the Tyrant RCMP