“In the RCMP, women not wanted” For Sherry Benson-Podolchuk, the harassment began soon after she arrived at her first RCMP posting in Tisdale, Sask. It was 1990 and she was 27, the only woman stationed in the Prairie community. She would soon become the victim of a steady stream of sexually laced comments from colleagues, […]

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Female Mountie sues, claiming discrimination Sexual harassment and gender discrimination within the RCMP is a problem that has been ignored for too long, according to a Manitoba Mountie who has filed a lawsuit against her employer. Corporal Sherry-Lee Benson-Podolchuk claims she suffered years of abuse that forced her to take stress leave and has caused […]

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