The attached 2016 article was written by a Scot, John Walker, who once taught at the historic RCMP Fairmont Academy in Vancouver, as well as the Canadian Police College in Ottawa. He penned this article about the influence of the Scots on the formation of this country and in particular, on the RCMP.
Of note, the reprinted article “Bring Forrit the Tartan” and the story of our first sojourn to the REMT in 2015 is included within his piece for the University of Edinburgh, written by our own Graham Muir years ago. It is worth a read.
The article is here