Dozens of RCMP officers gathered outside Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal's office in Surrey on Friday afternoon to ask for better wages and working conditions. (Jesse Johnston/CBC)Many RCMP members in attendance came in uniform but the yellow stripe had been removed from their pants. The increases include a 1.25 per cent bump effective Jan. 1 2015, another 1.25 percent raise effective Jan. 1, 2016 and a 2.3 per cent market adjustment effective April 1, 2016. Backus says even after the slight raise, most RCMP officers make much less than members of municipal police departments like Vancouver and Delta. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal meets with RCMP officers outside his office in Surrey.

Source: CBC News June 03, 2017 01:52 UTC