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Catherine Galliford, the RCMP officer who launched a sexual harassment lawsuit against the force, dead at 58



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Catherine Galliford, the RCMP officer who launched a sexual harassment lawsuit against the force, dead at 58

Galliford, who died Friday of cancer, made headlines for civil suit alleging sexual harassment in RCMP ranks

Catherine Galliford, a former high-profile RCMP spokesperson who later sued the force alleging widespread sexual harassment, has died at the age of 58.

Galliford, who spoke on behalf of the force during high-profile cases like the Air India bombing trial and the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton, rose up the RCMP ranks in the 90s and early 2000s and served as a corporal.

In 2011, she spoke exclusively to CBC News, claiming long-term sexual harassment over two decades with the RCMP.

Her treatment, which she said left her with PTSD and agoraphobia, eventually prompted her to file a lawsuit that was settled in 2016. It led to a wave of other civil suits from other officers that forced a reckoning within RCMP ranks.

WATCH | Galliford sues RCMP after her 2011 interview: 
 
B.C. Mountie sues force for harassment
 
Catherine Galliford, the high-profile Mountie who first spoke out against sexual harassment in the RCMP is suing her employer, alleging years of 'persistent and ongoing' sexual harassment and bullying

Galliford died Friday of liver cancer in Kamloops, B.C., according to her friends and fellow former RCMP officers Janet Merlo and Cheryl Jarvis, who were with her.

Merlo was one of the lead plaintiffs in a civil suit that alleged sexual harassment within the RCMP, and credited Galliford for inspiring her to come forward.

"It was Catherine's interview that encouraged the rest of us to speak up and find our voices," Merlo told CBC News.

"She was the inspiration," she added. "If she hadn't done that interview, I would have never said anything. I would have just went to my grave quiet like everybody else. But she was definitely the person that lit that torch for me personally."

WATCH | Galliford settles civil suit with RCMP: 
 
RCMP settles sex harassment suit with Catherine Galliford
 
May 2012 civil suit was against four officers, an RCMP doctor, the Attorney General of Canada and B.C.'s justice minister

Both officers said that, despite over $100 million being paid out to sexual harassment victims within the RCMP, they both receive complaints from serving members every week alleging mistreatment.

Jarvis, who also said she was sexually harassed while on the force, said she wants Galliford to be remembered for being a compassionate and empathetic police officer whose courage should inspire others within the RCMP to speak up.

"I am truly hoping, in her [memory], that torch is passed to those that are working now, that she gives them the strength to stand up and say, 'It is still going on. This is still what is happening to us' ... use it as your battle cry to say enough is enough," the former Mountie said.

WATCH | Galliford dead at 58: 
 
Catherine Galliford, RCMP whistleblower, dead after battle with cancer
 
A former RCMP spokesperson who went public with sexual misconduct allegations over a decade ago has died. As CBC’s Jon Hernandez reports, Galliford struggled with PTSD in the years that followed. But her actions inspired other women on the force to speak out.

Spoke on behalf of Pickton victims

Galliford was born Dec. 28, 1966, and Jarvis said she grew up in the Vancouver area before moving to Prince George, B.C.

The former spokesperson used a background in journalism to inform her career as a media spokesperson, according to Jarvis.

Jarvis, Merlo and Galliford all graduated together from the RCMP academy in 1991.

An RCMP officer speaks in front of a banner. Catherine Galliford was spokesperson for the RCMP on many high-profile cases including the Air India investigation and serial killer Robert Pickton's case. She later revealed she struggled with agoraphobia and PTSD due to how she was treated on the force. (CBC)

Though she fronted the RCMP's handling of many high-profile cases, Galliford later spoke on behalf of Pickton victims at the inquiry into the serial killer's case.

Galliford told CBC News in 2011 that police were indifferent to the investigation, saying investigators were more interested in padding their paycheques and drinking alcohol than catching a serial killer.

A woman with short hair speaks in a red chamber. Catherine Galliford appeared in Ottawa to speak about sexual harassment in the force in 2013. (Senate)

Jarvis said that her testimony on behalf of the family of Pickton's victims showed how empathetic and compassionate Galliford was.

"She tried to bring some closure to the families ... to say, you know, 'Someone is listening,'" Jarvis said.

"She was a true amazing woman that way."

Reported PTSD

During her 2011 interview with CBC News, Galliford revealed numerous instances where she had been the victim of sexual harassment over her two decades on the force, as well as her struggles with PTSD and agoraphobia.

"If I had a dime for every time one of my bosses asked me to sit on his lap, I'd be on a yacht in the Bahamas right now," she said in that interview.

A woman wearing a baseball cap speaks in a room in front of a foldable screen. Catherine Galliford spoke exclusively to CBC News in November 2011 about enduring years of sexual harassment from some of her colleagues. Her disclosure prompted a wave of other officers to come forward. (CBC)

In May 2012, Galliford filed a civil suit against four officers, an RCMP doctor, the attorney general of Canada, who oversees the RCMP, and B.C.'s justice minister.

The suit was eventually settled in 2016, though Galliford said she lost everything after she went public, including her position on the force and her home.

Merlo said that the stress caused by her treatment on the force likely contributed to the cancer that eventually caused her death.

"It broke my heart that her whole life was torn to shreds for nothing more than telling the truth," Merlo said.

Merlo says she hopes Galiford's life and death encourage other victims to speak out.

"I think the call for action now has to be to current engaged RCMP members who see this, and they know what's going on, but they're afraid to speak out," she said.

"In Catherine's name and in Catherine's memory, you have to find your voice and go public with this."

With files from Jon Hernandez

 
 
 
137 COMMENTS 
 
 
David Amos
"Merlo says she hopes Galiford's life and death encourage other victims to speak out."

Amen

 
 
russ bowland
I certainly believe in equal opportunities. But honestly, with the mentality of police forces and the military, a woman is walking into a hornets nest of potential trouble.

Ric Smith
Reply to russ bowland
I agree. Police and military are dominated by men for a reason, in the same way that most nurses are women. Men not only behave badly toward women, they behave badly toward other men. It's the way evolution has made men, and it's never going to change. Police officers are trained in both verbal and physical means to subdue another person. So if your a woman who wants to be a police officer, you'd better be prepared to aggressively use both verbal and physical means on your clients, your fellow officers, and your superiors. If you're a woman who wants to hang around in a man's world, you'd better be prepared to act like a man.

james stewart

Reply to Ric Smith
and what exactly does it mean to "act like a man".

John Johnston

Reply to james stewart
It means they are allowed to act like Troglodytes.

james stewart
Reply to Ric Smith
just a thought here.

maybe, just maybe, it's the "men" who should be prepared to act like a human being,

not some hollywood version of the tough guy.

Johannes Dietz

Reply to Ric Smith
Thank you for demonstrating that the problem has not gone away. It is alive and well in this type of thought. 



Mic Mellosz
Most cops are good people who respect all, but for the few as described, I should think all (most) Canadians are ashamed of our institutions who cannot face and resolve these realities.

Johannes Dietz
Reply to Mic Mellosz
I think Ms. Galliford showed that no, it's not that there are just a few bad apples in the RCMP or the military. What she exposed are systemic issues. In plain English, that means that what she experienced is normal in the RCMP's current structure.



Graff Vynda-K
The penalties for law enforcement officers who committ egregious assaults on their colleagues aren't harsh enough in my opinion. Offenders need to face severe consequences not only as punishment but to also serve as a deterrent and reminder to all members to behave themselves.

Rest in peace constable Galliford. Thank you for your service.

Mike Hamilton

Reply to Graff Vynda-K
Suspended with pay is not a punishment.

Graff Vynda-K
Reply to Mike Hamilton
Yes, I'm well aware.

BB Louie
Reply to Graff Vynda-K
What would you know about police discipline? None of the allegations that formed the lawsuit were tested. They were just accepted which attracted many of the unsuccessful members who could not get promoted on merit.

BB Louie
Reply to Mike Hamilton
You are right "Suspended with pay" is temporary and is not a punishment. The punishment comes after the process decides whether there was a proven breach of discipline. These lawsuits were not proof of unacceptable conduct as most did not want their complaints investigated. They just wanted a cheque.



george morenstein

I'm old enough to remember the still valid claims which arose during the conversation of female police officers being incorporated into the force.

Another one was that an officer would be factoring in, consciously or not, that his partner was a woman. Sometimes in a split second, apparently, just when he most shouldn't be doing that.

I guess it takes a government to get an institution to change its ways. Loosen its grip, so to speak. Although nothing is truly free, P.E.T.'s (?) administration easily made the right choice in retrospect.

Anyone else here remember Angie Dickinson as Pepper in Police Woman? Not me, I didn't even watch Starsky and Hutch. McQueen, Bronson or Eastwood only, With the exception of Hackman in the French Connection. I could go on all night, but why?(senile face emoji here).

Robert Audobon
Reply to george morenstein
Good question, "Why?"

Jonny Mei
Reply to george morenstein
When I was young, I pulled roughcut 2x12 16-foot fir on a greenchain right beside my friend's mother. He's a golden gloves boxer by the way. Her name was Patricia, everyone referred to her as Pat, and with respect.
 
 
 
 

Dispersing the Fog -Ep 25- Sullivan Update, Amy Hamm Fine, Homeowner Charged, Guest Claude Chapados

Adam Rodgers - Nova Scotia Lawyer 
Aug 24, 2025 
This week, Paul and Adam welcome retired undercover operator and supervisor Claude Chapados to discuss how undercover operations unfold, how officers from different police forces are trained, and many other topics. He gives his view on what involvement Gabriel Wortman may have had with the police. 
 
Also discussed are the updates on the Jack and Lilly Sullivan disappearance in Nova Scotia, the $94K fine levied against BC nurse Amy Hamm for comments on transgender people, the Kawartha Lakes homeowner who is charged with assaulting someone breaking into their home, and the limited impact of Hurricane Erin on the dry weather in Nova Scotia.
 
 

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RCMP Class Action

January 17, 2017
On January 13, Justice McDonald of the Federal Court released reasons
certifying the action for settlement purposes. A copy of those reasons
can be read here. The Federal Court has scheduled the hearing of the
settlement approval motion for May 24, 2017 at 9:30 in Toronto. The
Notice of Certification and Settlement approval hearing is here. The
Notice in French is here. The opt out form is here.

On October 6, 2016, an historic settlement was reached in the systemic
harassment class actions brought against the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police by female RCMP employees. Under the proposed national
settlement, every single living current and former female regular
member, civilian member, and public service employee of the RCMP who
worked within the RCMP since 1974, and who experienced gender and/or
sexual orientation-based harassment and discrimination, will be
eligible to claim compensation, without fear of disclosing her
identity to the RCMP or of reprisals. The settlement is not effective
until approved by the Federal Court. Here is our press release from
today regarding this historic Settlement. To view the Federal Court
claim, click here.

To read more about this proposed Settlement, please go to
rcmpclassactionsettlement.ca.

On December 22, 2015, Justice Perell released reasons dismissing the
Crown’s motion to strike the statement of claim and confirming that
the pleading meets the s. 5(1)(a) cause of action criterion for
certification. To read a copy of the decision, please click here. The
balance of the certification motion, which was scheduled to be heard
May 26-27, 2016, has been adjourned.

Kim Orr Barristers is prosecuting a class action against the Attorney
General of Canada involving allegations of gender- and
sexual-orientation-based discrimination, bullying and harassment of
female Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the "RCMP") employees. The
action has been commenced in Ontario on behalf of all current or
former female regular members, civilian members and public service
employees of the RCMP in Canada, excluding persons resident in Quebec.

The claim alleges that men and women were, and are, treated
differently within the RCMP, and that female RCMP employees have been
subject to systemic discrimination, bullying and harassment on the
basis of their gender and/or sexual orientation. It also alleges that
the RCMP has failed to investigate, adjudicate and resolve conduct and
complaints about these issues, despite repeated reports over the years
about the problems within the organization.

The plaintiff is a former senior-level RCMP member who alleges that
she suffered discrimination, bullying and harassment throughout her
26-year RCMP career. The plaintiff alleges that as a result of this
treatment, she, as well as the other class members, suffered serious
injuries physical and emotional injuries, including post-traumatic
stress disorder, diminished self-worth, depression, and anxiety. The
claim also alleges that as a result of these systemic issues, female
RCMP employees have been denied training and promotions, and have even
taken early retirement or have left the organization.

The action seeks general, punitive and special damages for the
defendant's alleged failure to fulfill its statutory, common law and
contractual duties to provide female RCMP employees with a work
environment free of gender- and sexual-orientation-based
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RCMP to face new class-action harassment lawsuit, this time on behalf
of male employees
Current and former members allege they were physically intimidated,
denied promotions, belittled and bullied
By Alison Crawford, CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2016 8:35 PM ET

The RCMP will soon face another class-action harassment lawsuit — this
time on behalf of male Mounties and civilian employees of the force.

Earlier this month, the federal government and the RCMP set aside $100
million to settle an estimated 1,000 cases of female employees being
harassed and bullied at work.

CBC News has learned that one of the law firms that represented those
women is preparing to bring another suit for men — which could
potentially be much bigger given that men make up roughly 80 per cent
of the RCMP's workforce.

    Mounties offer apology and $100M compensation for harassment,
abuse against female members
    'This is a way for everybody to heal': ex-Mountie on RCMP compensation
    External body needed to probe workplace complaints, senior Mountie says

"We've spoken with hundreds of members, and we're contacted by new
members every day," said lawyer Megan  McPhee of Kim Orr Barristers in
Toronto, who has been working on the case for years. "The stories are
very consistent. We're told that there is a culture of bullying and
harassment within the force, and one of the regular issues that we
hear is a fear of speaking out, a fear of reprisals."

Cpl. Michael Mansoor, who's due to be medically discharged in January,
says he was diagnosed with PTSD after what he alleges was years of
harassment at the hands of his colleagues and superiors.

He says it started in 2001, when he was posted to his hometown of
Richmond, B.C., where his brother was in conflict with the law. It
wasn't long before Mansoor said he found his duties restricted.

"I was banned from any work section in the detachment except for
general duty and traffic because they acknowledged that there might be
a conflict," said Mansoor.
Wrongly accused of sexual assault

Despite pleas for a transfer, he says his superiors stuck to the local
convention that a member must serve five years in the detachment
before being moved.

Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act suggest
officers were suspicious of his family ties. Eventually, Mansoor found
himself suspended with pay and under investigation for what he alleges
are two trumped-up internal disciplinary charges.

Furthermore, due to a clerical error, Mansoor was also initially
accused of sexual assault.

"There was a minor glitch with [Mansoor's] security suspension
document service this morning," reads an internal email about
Mansoor's disciplinary charges. "There is a reference to a 'sexual
assault'.... It was our conclusion that HQ Ottawa had screwed up the
paperwork. Seems likely that they took a previous form letter,
re-tooled it for [Mansoor's] case and did not remove a phrase that did
not apply in this case."

As for the two other allegations, they later proved unfounded.

Whisper campaign

Over time, Mansoor says the ongoing whisper campaign and harassment
made him ill.

"There comes actually a point where you start to look at yourself and
go, 'Am I bringing this on myself? Because surely it's not this
widespread in an organization,'" Mansoor said.

Retired sergeant Hugo Desrochers says he knows exactly how that feels.

Retired Sgt. Hugo Desrochers

Retired sergeant Hugo Desrochers alleges that during his employment
with the RCMP he was stripped of responsibility, belittled in front of
colleagues and denied opportunities to develop his career. (Provided
by Desrochers)

He left the force last year after 26 years in a job he says, for the
most part, he loved. He was making his way up the ranks and working
towards another promotion, he says, but that came to a halt near the
end of his career when management changed at the RCMP detachment in
Cornwall, Ont.

"[I] started covering my back. Started taking notes to make sure I was
not going to be hung out to dry," Desrochers said.

Years of meticulous notes document allegations of being micromanaged,
stripped of his responsibilities, belittled in front of colleagues for
taking initiative and denied opportunities to further develop his
career.

The worst incident, according to Desrochers, was when the inspector
refused to sign off on his application to serve in Kosovo due to
shortcomings with his performance. Yet Desrochers says all his boss
managed to come up with, after repeated requests for specifics, was a
late overtime claim.

Retired Sgt. Hugo Desrochers

Desrochers, right, seen here on a marijuana bust in British Columbia
early in his career. (Provided by Desrochers)

"It takes a toll on you because you start questioning yourself...and
then you're not good," an emotional Desrochers told CBC News.

Desrochers welcomes the lawsuit.

"If nobody comes forward to say there's a problem, how are they going
to know there's a problem. Is it just me sitting here? No."

Belittled, physically intimidated

It's not just men in uniform who allege they've been harassed.

Garth Caron worked as a public servant from 2005 to 2015, doing
administrative work in detachments in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Caron
says his first experience with harassment was when a few Mounties took
issue with him being gay and subjected him to a number of pranks.

"I came in one morning to my workstation and I noticed a number of
female items on my desk — boxes of tampons and things like that — and
it kind of struck me as odd as to why they would have been left
there," he said.

At another detachment, Caron said a sergeant questioned his Métis
status, belittled him in front of colleagues and tried to physically
intimidate him. The union got involved and Caron says he agreed, while
under a great deal of duress, to retire before he was ready to leave
the workforce.

It's no secret the RCMP has a bullying problem. Commissioner Bob
Paulson has said so himself. In a 2012 interview with CBC News,
Paulson conceded that he too had been harassed at work.

"I think in the day, if you weren't sort of in line with your
officer's expectations or consistent with his or her vision of where
the organization was going, then you were pushed aside," he said. "And
it's a very uncomfortable feeling and a very destructive feeling, and
it doesn't speak to a transparent, ethical, organization."







---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:00:47 -0400
Subject: Re Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 and the QMPMA application
for a class action lawsuit against the RCMP byway of the CROWN
To: assoc.mpmq@gmail.com, fsimedia@videotron.ca,
charles.mancer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, james@dugganavocats.ca,
Serge.Bilodeau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "dale.drummond"
<dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bernadine.chapman"
<bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Paulette.Delaney-Smith"
<Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>

Perhaps we should talk ASAP?

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

https://ampmq.ca/class-action-harassment-suit-on-behalf-of-canadas-22000-rcmp-members-is-gaining-momentum/

https://mancer.rcmpclassaction.ca/application/

The Application for certification of a class action on behalf of all
members of the RCMP (past and present) arose from the many members
coming forward with their long-standing stories of harassment, abuse
and discrimination experienced while working in the RCMP. These are
stories that span many decades and point to a culture of bullying,
harassment and discrimination in the RCMP.

https://mancer.rcmpclassaction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Application-for-Certification.pdf

https://ampmq.ca/en/

President Serge Bilodeau
Vice-President Charles Mancer
Quebec Mounted Police Members’ Association (QMPMA)
Post Office Box 154
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
H3Z 2T2
Phone: (450) 291-4458
assoc.mpmq@gmail.com

1699 Rue Principale,
Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu,
Quebec, J0J 1W0

Media relations

Frederic Serre
Media relations officer
Phone: (438) 875-4217
fsimedia@videotron.ca


http://www.dugganavocats.ca/home.php?lang=en#!contact
James Duggan:
Windsor Station
1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal (West)
Suite 900
Montreal, QC, Canada, H3B 2S2
Phone:  (514) 879-1459
Fax:  (514) 879-5648
Email james@dugganavocats.ca

http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/re-rcmp-just-exactly-how-dumb-are.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lisa Porteous <lporteous@kleinlyons.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:46:22 +0000
Subject: RCMP
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

David,

Thank you for your email inquiring about our class action against the
RCMP. As you may know, the Notice of Claim was filed in the British
Columbia Supreme Court on March 27, 2012. The lawsuit has been
brought by former RCMP constable Janet Merlo on behalf of female RCMP
members. Unfortunately, we cannot assist you with your claim.

We recommend that you contact Mr. Barry Carter of Mair Jensen Blair
LLP to discuss any claim you may have against the RCMP for harassment.
His contact information is as follows:

Mr. Barry Carter
Mair Jensen Blair LLP
1380-885 W. Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
Phone: 604-682-6299
Fax 1-604-374-6992

This is not intended to be an opinion concerning the merits of your
case. In declining to represent you, we are not expressing an opinion
as to whether you should take further action in this matter.

You should be aware that there may be strict time limitations within
which you must act in order to protect your rights. Failure to begin
your lawsuit by filing an action within the required time may mean
that you could be barred forever from pursuing a claim. Therefore, you
should immediately contact another lawyer ( as indicated above) to
obtain legal advice/representation.

Thank you again for considering our firm.

Yours truly,

Lisa Porteous
Case Manager/Paralegal

lporteous@kleinlyons.com
www.kleinlyons.com

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