The head of the RCMP Heritage Centre in Saskatchewan says that after it completed a round of consultations on how it can transform into a national museum, the ball is now in Ottawa's court.
"We really needed to hear from Canadians," said Tara Robinson, the CEO of the Regina-based museum focused on the history of the Mounties.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during the 2019 election campaign that the Liberals would expand the RCMP Heritage Centre, which is currently operated by a charitable organization, into a national institution.
Located on the grounds of the RCMP Academy's Depot Division in Regina, where Mounties receive their training, the centre serves as a museum on the history of the national police force, which began as the North-West Mounted Police in 1873. According to emails, federal officials estimated the process would take 18 to 24 months. But the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 stalled work on the file.
He goes on to say that among other work it had done, the centre had already collected around 4,400 responses through a survey, adding the pandemic left the centre in dire financial straights. By February 2021, McLellan again expressed concern about the ask to do national consultations without a more firm commitment from officials that the centre would in fact become a national museum.
Ultimately, the federal government offered the centre $4.5 million in its spring 2021 budget. In late December, the centre published a report on what it heard through a consultation process that began in early 2022.
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