An internal RCMP report warns that a series of geopolitical and national threats — including climate change — will test the ability of governments and police services to protect Canadians in the coming years.
The "crises" rocking national and international affairs are likely to get worse over the next few years and could have a significant effect on the federal government and Canada's federal police force, says an internal report prepared for the RCMP.
The heavily redacted nine-page report looks at shifts "in the domestic and international environments that could have a significant effect on the Canadian government and the RCMP." Percival said it was written between March and December of 2022 "for situational awareness and to inform decision making".
Political polarization and resentment, coupled with the threat of an economic recession, will also present a challenge, the report predicts.
"The coming period of recession will also accelerate the decline in living standards that the younger generations have already witnessed compared to earlier generations," says the report.
"For example, 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 35 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒚 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆. The fallout from this decline in living standards will be exacerbated by the fact that the difference between the extremes of wealth is greater now in developed countries than it has been at any time in several generations."
While the report says it covers geopolitical factors, references to geopolitical challenges appear to be among the passages redacted. Two pages of the report are entirely blank, with the exception of a picture of a globe.
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In 2015, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while defining Canadian values, also declared his country to be the world's first post-national state.
Mission accomplished Justin.