RCMP union hopes to sway Quebec after province cuts funding for police mental health care

The Mounties’ union is lobbying in Quebec after the province cut funding for first responders’ access to free psychotherapy.

The National Police Federation — the bargaining unit representing members and reservists of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police below the inspector rank — has been communicating with Quebec officials since Aug. 18. Its lobbying registration, which has been translated from French, says the union seeks to “promote the maintenance, improvement and long-term funding of mental health support programs for police officers,” specifically PSPNET Québec, the provincial chapter of Public Safety Personnel Network.