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Inventing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

From: Canada’s State Police

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In this chapter, Marquis describes how the North-West Mounted Police became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, expanding federal powers of policing while building a heroic public image that often concealed its role in suppressing labour, Indigenous peoples and left-wing political views.

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Greg Marquis

Greg Marquis