RCMP: British Columbia Supreme Court

National Police Force Dept: VANCOUVER - Valerie MacLean joined the RCMP in the mid-1970s, only a few years after women were first welcomed onto the national police force, with a sense of pride and the belief she would be a game changer in a male-dominated profession, according to Winnipeg Free Press. More than 30 years later, the 58-year-old has joined a class-action lawsuit that spans decades and alleges widespread, gender-based discrimination within the RCMP and lawyer David Klein, representing female RCMP members alleging harassment and gender-based discrimination in a lawsuit against the police force, speaks to reporters outside British Columbia Supreme Court after the first hearing in the class action lawsuit in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 2, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck So when a higher-ranking male officer began propositioning her and urged her to be "friendly" because it would be a good career move, she viewed his behaviour as a product of the times. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.