Unions do at times provide some protection, but as I've already made clear, I'm not quite sure that what is provided is adequate. As I said, the RCMP doesn't have that option for its membership.
Has it been made clear to the RCMP rank and file that the rules of the game have changed? Previously it was drilled into the RCMP that if there's a complaint, you take that complaint to the officer in charge. You work within the hierarchy. The RCMP has a very different structure from other government departments. It has the culture of a paramilitary force. That particular aspect of keeping things in-house was drilled into generations of RCMP officers. How are you overcoming that?