# Canada's Mounties:  Upholding the law for 140 years and counting

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**Created:** [May 23, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-mounties-upholding-the-law-for-140-years-and-counting/659116 "2013-05-23T13:52:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-mounties-upholding-the-law-for-140-years-and-counting/659116/22 "2013-05-27T08:42:29Z")

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Just to add…

> [@Starbucks for the Brain-cell Impaired, Lesson One (a bit long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-for-the-brain-cell-impaired-lesson-one-a-bit-long/82534/58):
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> Here in western Canada, where the [RCMP] fulfil[s] the role of the Surete de Quebec and the Qntario Provincial Police, their public regard is pretty high.

The RCMP issues speeding tickets, non-seatbelt tickets, and texting-while-drving tickets; and the like, for infractions on public highways.

In western Canada, I have to be careful, lest I run afoul of the RCMP on the roads. In Ontario, I need to be careful of the OPP. In Quebec, it’s the SQ. In New Brunswick, it’s the RCMP again; and the same for Nova Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

My best suggestion? Drive the speed limit in every province.

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