OTTAWA — While the federal Liberal government has signalled plans to make good on its campaign promise to give raises to military members, it is keeping tight-lipped about whether it intends to do the same for RCMP recruits.

During this spring’s federal election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to bolster the national police force by hiring another 1,000 members , creating a new academy within the RCMP’s Depot training division, and, according to the Liberal platform, “increase pay for cadet recruits.”

Hiking the pay that RCMP cadets receive during their 26-week training program from its current $525 per week is one of the requests that the National Police Federation, the union representing RCMP members, has made of the government in recent budget cycles. The force itself s

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