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National police force's culture is toxic and tolerates hateful and homophobic attitudes, says report on harassment of women in RCMP

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The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., Friday, April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

An independent report on harassment of women in the RCMP says fundamental change is needed to rid the national police force of a toxic culture that tolerates hateful and homophobic attitudes.

And RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says, as she has said previously, that such harassment must stop.

A report on harassment of women in the RCMP says fundamental change is needed to rid the national police force of a toxic culture.

Former Supreme Court of Canada justice Michel Bastarache says the national police force's culture is toxic and tolerates hateful and homophobic attitudes.

He has drafted 52 recommendations and says it well past time for the federal government to take meaningful and radical action to address these issues.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wonders how Canadians can put their trust in an organization that can't keep its own members safe from harassment and discrimination.

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