INDEPENDENT RESEARCH · PUBLIC RECORDS · ACCOUNTABILITY
Follow the evidence.
Question the narrative.
Police power should never be beyond scrutiny. RCMP.blog brings together Scott Gilbert’s investigations into drug-enforcement claims, corporate accountability, investigative competence and the institutions meant to hold senior police to account. We ask what the records establish, what remains disputed and what evidence could change our conclusions.
Independent of the RCMP and all governments. Published by Scott Gilbert, with AI-assisted research and editing. An official statement is evidence of what an agency said—not automatic proof that its claim is true. Our hypotheses and political opinions are not findings of fact.
Reports · Case review · Fentanyl claims · Investigations · Inquiries & reviews · Submit information · Right of reply · Editorial position
Investigate the claims. Review the evidence. Challenge the system.
RCMP.blog combines independent investigations with a growing public-report archive and a planned private disclosure-review service for accused persons and defence counsel. Public allegations are evaluated against source records, laboratory results and court dispositions.
Public Reports
Browse police-conduct assessments and build a searchable record of claims, evidence, corrections and outcomes.
Disclosure & Defence Research
Planned AI-assisted claim-to-exhibit tables, missing-disclosure checks and research memos. Secure document upload is not yet available.
Fentanyl Claims Examined
Fact-check distinctions between raw fentanyl and street mixtures, pills, laboratory mass, projected capacity and what prosecutions actually proved.
The investigations
These are linked research files and questions for investigation, not a declaration that every proposed explanation has been proved. External project pages have their own publication histories; linking them does not verify every claim they contain.
01 / DRUG-FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT · PROJECT HYPOTHESIS
Date rape, Xanax and the stories the public is told
Which substances receive attention in sexual-assault warnings, and how does that attention compare with toxicology evidence? The daterapeisxanax.com project investigates the treatment of alprazolam, other benzodiazepines, GHB and alcohol in public narratives, including possible commercial influences. The project’s name is not a medical conclusion: no single drug explains all drug-facilitated assaults, and a detected substance alone does not establish covert administration. Claims of a coordinated pharmaceutical cover-up remain hypotheses requiring independent evidence.
Explore the related investigation → · How we evaluate claims
02 / POLICE COMMUNICATIONS · CAUSATION UNDER REVIEW
Economic sabotage—or reckless public messaging?
When police describe Canada as a major fentanyl-production or export centre, what evidence supports the wording—and what happens when political actors repeat it? economicsabotage.ca examines the Falkland announcement and the trade-policy narrative around Canadian fentanyl. We distinguish a questionable claim, an economic consequence and proof of deliberate sabotage. Timing alone does not establish causation, and no economic-loss estimate should be attributed entirely to one press release without a defensible model and evidence.
Read the project → · Compare the government’s briefing record
03 / SUPERLABS · CLAIMS, CHEMISTRY & COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
The “superlab” story: what was actually proved?
A laboratory photograph, a precursor inventory and a projected “lethal dose” total answer different questions. We examine whether public presentations distinguish seized drugs, demonstrated synthesis, theoretical capacity and actual market disruption. We also seek records that could establish—or refute—pharmaceutical influence over enforcement narratives. Promotional staging is not proof of a fabricated raid, and collusion has not been established here. Counterevidence belongs in the file: the PPSC’s January 2025 account of Jonathan Loyie’s guilty plea describes an actual fentanyl-production prosecution.
Read the original Falkland claim · Read the contrasting prosecution record
04 / CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY · COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
Who investigates the companies and the money?
Are resources, investigative powers and prosecutorial resolve being applied adequately to pharmaceutical misconduct, financial facilitators and other white-collar crime? This file compares investigations, declined or stayed charges, convictions, settlements and consequences for executives—not just headline fines. Purdue Pharma’s U.S. felony plea and April 2026 sentencing offer a concrete comparison, not proof that every U.S. outcome is adequate or that Canada has no corporate enforcement. The question is whether accountability reaches the decision-makers and incentives behind the harm.
Purdue criminal case and filings · Cullen Commission records
05 / RYAN WEDDING · CASE TRACKING
Ryan Wedding: follow the case beyond the headline
The allegations involving Ryan Wedding raise questions about cross-border cocaine trafficking, violence, financial networks and cooperation among Canadian, Mexican and U.S. authorities. This research file follows the charging documents, evidentiary claims and court outcomes rather than repeating a “kingpin” label as a verdict. Reuters reported a not-guilty plea on January 26, 2026; that dated report is not a substitute for the current docket. A cocaine-trafficking case must not be silently repackaged as evidence about fentanyl production.
Read the dated court report · Compare the original charging announcement
06 / STREET PRICES · TESTABLE QUESTION
If supply is being disrupted, where is the price effect?
Scott Gilbert’s street-level observation is that repeated “major busts” often do not appear to make drugs harder to obtain or more expensive. We are testing that observation—not claiming prices never rise. Meaningful comparisons must account for location, date, wholesale versus retail sales, purity, potency, package size and inflation. Stable prices could reflect replacement supply, inventories, changing demand or limited enforcement impact; they do not, by themselves, prove police protection of trafficking.
Visit the Evidence Deck project → · Contribute dated, verifiable price evidence
07 / SENIOR COMMAND · OVERSIGHT & CONSEQUENCES
Who holds senior RCMP leadership accountable?
An oversight body’s existence does not establish that its oversight is effective. We examine access to records, delay, independence, enforcement of recommendations and consequences for senior decision-makers. Public complaints, employment discipline, criminal investigation and national-security review are different processes and should not be conflated. The test is not how many reforms are announced, but whether outsiders can uncover failures, compel meaningful answers and verify that the same problems stop recurring.
08 / LARRY SKWAREK · QUALIFICATIONS & VERIFICATION
Investigative expertise should be open to scrutiny
This file examines Lawrence “Larry” Skwarek’s published career claims and the broader standards used to recruit, train and select specialist investigators. His organizational biography is a starting point for verification, not an independently audited employment record. A readability score cannot establish someone’s education, intelligence or investigative competence. This homepage makes no finding of wrongdoing by Skwarek and does not establish that any assignment was arranged to protect criminal activity. Personal claims require corroboration and a fair opportunity to respond.
09 / MEDIA SCRUTINY · REPORTING AUDIT
When the press release becomes the whole story
How often do news stories independently test seizure estimates, distinguish charges from convictions and revisit claims after a prosecution ends? We want reporting that follows money, methods and outcomes—not merely impressive photographs. This is a proposed audit of specific coverage, not a claim that no journalist investigates police. Work that challenges our own suspicions deserves the same attention as work that supports them, and journalists are invited to submit missing investigations and methodological criticism.
Existing RCMP claims review · Contribute reporting or critique
10 / INVESTIGATING INVESTIGATORS · LAW & PRACTICE
Can an independent investigation reach the top?
Who can pursue credible criminal allegations against senior police without depending on the same chain of command for permission, personnel or evidence? We examine conflicts, investigative capacity, prosecutor independence and access to judicial warrants. Senior rank is not a blanket exemption from criminal investigation: the Criminal Code provides for court-authorized interception subject to legal requirements. The research question is whether those powers can be used effectively and independently—not a claim that senior officers’ communications are legally untouchable.
Interception applications: section 185 · Judicial authorization: section 186
11 / PAY & INCENTIVES · HYPOTHESIS TO TEST
Pay, financial pressure and the risk of corruption
Does compensation keep pace with living costs, specialist responsibilities and the pressure created by access to valuable contraband or sensitive information? We will compare pay, workload, retention, outside interests and safeguards rather than assume that all RCMP wages are low. The published constable scale lists $71,191 to $115,350, effective April 1, 2024, before relevant allowances and overtime. Financial pressure is a question for evidence, not a diagnosis of corruption or an excuse for misconduct.
Published pay scale and effective date · Collective agreement
12 / INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE · SERIES
A culture problem is not solved by another announcement
This series follows harassment and discrimination, retaliation against complainants, promotion and discipline, command decisions, and the gap between promised reform and independently verified change. Bastarache’s 2020 assessment described pervasive misogyny, homophobia and fear of reprisal, while questioning the organization’s capacity to reform without external pressure. Those findings warrant scrutiny in their own right. They are not evidence that every member is corrupt, or that a separate allegation of drug trafficking has been proved.
Bastarache findings and the RCMP response · The inquiry and review register →
13 / EVIDENCE DECK · CONNECTED RESEARCH
Show the records behind the argument
The Evidence Deck at fentanylepidemic.ca is the connected project for drug-seizure evidence, forensic testing, source records and competing explanations. Its purpose is to make claims inspectable and identify evidence that strengthens or weakens them. This homepage is a navigation hub, not certification that every research package has been imported into the live deck. Public access to the linked site could not be confirmed during this homepage update; no new deck data are claimed here.
The inquiry and review register
A selected starting register—not an exhaustive list. Public inquiries, governance reviews and settlement assessments have different mandates and standards. The summaries below distinguish their conclusions from later government promises; an “implemented” label requires evidence of results.
1981 · McDonald Commission
Public inquiry into RCMP activities. Its recommendations included separating security intelligence from the RCMP and establishing a civilian service with ministerial responsibility and independent review. The lesson for this project is that structural separation—not merely another internal policy—has been an answer to institutional failure before. Historical account of the commission and review system (French).
2006 · Arar / O’Connor Commission
Public inquiry. It found that the RCMP supplied inaccurate and unfairly overstated information about Maher Arar, and that U.S. authorities very likely relied on RCMP information in removing him to Syria. It found no evidence that Arar committed an offence or posed a security threat, while distinguishing those findings from proof that Canadian officials participated in the U.S. removal decision. Read the commission’s findings summary.
2007 · Brown Task Force: Rebuilding the Trust
Governance and culture review. It identified weaknesses in accountability, management, discipline, recruitment and promotion, and recommended a management board and an implementation council. Later oversight reporting records its concerns about fear and intimidation within the organization. Read the report · Compare the later harassment review.
2009–2010 · Braidwood Commissions
Public inquiries into conducted-energy weapons and Robert Dziekanski’s death. The second inquiry recommended a civilian-led body to criminally investigate police-related deaths and serious incidents. That recommendation is an important benchmark for testing whether independence exists in practice, beyond the force being investigated. Reports and inquiry archive · Recommendations and provincial response.
2012 · Missing Women / Oppal Commission
Public inquiry. Its conclusions identified systemic bias and failures in the prioritization and investigation of missing-women cases. The record demands attention to whose reports were discounted, how agencies coordinated and whether later standards changed actual investigative practice. Findings reflected in the provincial policing standards.
2020 · Bastarache: Broken Dreams, Broken Lives
Independent assessment arising from the Merlo Davidson settlement—not a public commission of inquiry. The report described pervasive harassment, misogyny, homophobia and fear of retaliation, and called for external pressure to achieve meaningful change. Announced reforms must be assessed against that diagnosis rather than accepted as its resolution. Findings, recommendations and the government’s response.
2022 · Cullen Commission
Public inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia. Its examination of enforcement and regulatory failures provides a foundation for testing whether financial crime receives adequate attention, coordination and investigative capacity. The report and its recommendations must be read on their own terms; money-laundering failures do not automatically establish personal corruption or a leadership-wide criminal conspiracy. Final report, executive summary and recommendations.
2023 · Mass Casualty Commission
Joint public inquiry following the April 2020 Nova Scotia mass casualty. Turning the Tide Together calls for rethinking policing within a broader community-safety system and treats implementation as a shared responsibility. Its evidence, findings and recommendations provide a benchmark for examining command, communication, accountability and lasting reform. Read the seven-volume report and recommendations.
EDITORIAL POSITION · SCOTT GILBERT · NOT AN INVESTIGATIVE FINDING
Break the concentration of police power. Put Canada–U.S. union on the table.
I believe Canadians should openly debate a democratically negotiated union with the United States as a route to replacing an accountability system I no longer trust to reform itself. I want Donald Trump to champion that debate and a lawful restructuring that can remove failed leadership—not merely commission another report. My objection is to concentrated institutional power, insulated careers and a system in which ordinary people struggle to make powerful officials answer.
I favour multiple independently accountable investigative bodies, strong corporate-crime enforcement and agencies with the authority and incentive to pursue cases another agency neglects. The FBI, DEA, Homeland Security Investigations and state and local police provide models to examine, not institutions to romanticize. Purdue’s U.S. prosecution shows that a major pharmaceutical company can face criminal accountability; it does not establish that fines are sufficient or that the U.S. system is free of institutional failure.
Demand consequences, not another public-relations reset. Debate a democratic Canada–U.S. union, independent investigative capacity and enforceable accountability. No badge, rank, political connection or corporate balance sheet should place a person above scrutiny.
Factual boundary: Canada already has non-RCMP provincial, municipal and Indigenous police services. Creating alternatives does not legally require joining the United States. A U.S. president does not currently command the RCMP, and political union would not itself guarantee lawful dismissals, better policing or greater accountability. Any transition would require democratic consent and applicable constitutional, Indigenous-rights and legal processes. Agency rivalry is a policy hypothesis, not proof of better outcomes.
Canadian policing structure · First Nations and Inuit policing · Purdue criminal proceedings · Challenge this argument
Our editorial standard
Follow the source, distinguish allegations from findings, disclose uncertainty and look for evidence against our preferred explanation. Preserve original documents, dates, units and context. A press release is not a judgment; a settlement is not automatically an admission; a declined charge is not automatically proof of a cover-up. An AI-generated probability or plausibility score is not empirical evidence. We will correct material errors and publish substantive responses under the policy above.
Publication note · November 5, 2026. This homepage introduces the research programme and links existing projects and source records. It does not represent completed investigations into every topic, newly filed proceedings, new witness interviews, or completed right-of-reply outreach. No confidential submission service or new Evidence Deck import is claimed.