Always Get Their Man: The History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Along with beavers, maple syrup, and asshole geese, the uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is a renowned national symbol. The Red Surge, beige stetson, blue pants, and riding boots are what make up the image of the Mountie. Their legendary status is now global, as they are the only police force to be municipal, provincial, and federal. The force was romanticized in early black and white films as those bringing law and order to the wild frontier of Canada's west. And as the famous saying goes, "They always get their man." Unlike the films, their history wasn't black and white. When it began as the North-West Mounted Police, it was used as a cheap militia to colonize the newly annexed western territories. This resulted in conflict with the First Nations and Métis populations as they were rounded onto reserves towards the dawn of the new century. When the First World War concluded, they acted as strikebreakers during the growing labour movement, and later as intelligence services at the beginning of the Cold War. They were even the ones at the front of one of the largest manhunts in world history. Their history is long and varied, but not many know the full story. Thus, Pan Historia is proud to sit down and tell the full history Music: Dudley Do-Right Theme Indian Love Call from Rose Marie

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Always Get Their Man: The History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is an episode from Pan Historia, and other nonsense by Pan Historia.

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This episode was published on Jul 6, 2020.

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