Why do rcmp pants bulge

We have lots of great conversations, we'd love you to join us, click here. Why do Canadian Mounties wear goofy pants? Why don't any other horse riders wear similar garb? They're breeches, and they used to be quite popular for riding in, but now that we have more comfortable, stretchy fabrics, jodphurs are more commonly used and just to confuse yuo more, jodphurs tend to get called "breeches" by a lot of people now, but as far as I know, close-fitting riding pants are jodphurs and loose-fitting riding pants are breeches.

The goal of the remove the stripe campaign is to make the public aware of their pay situation, but it is also to get members on board with signing up for a union.

Until recently, the RCMP pay council negotiated member salaries with the federal government, but commissioner Paulson dissolved that group a year ago following the Supreme Court of Canada ruling granting officers the right to collective bargaining. Mulrooney says joining a union would give members more bargaining power when they speak with the Treasury board about a contract, but officers have been hesitant to join.

So, what that left us with is a bunch of police officers essentially saying well you know I don't know how to form a union, do you?

Well I don't either," said Mulrooney. Speaking to a committee of Senators in February, Commissioner Paulson said he was concerned about employee retention, saying the force is seeing officers leave to work for municipal forces, including Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary.

That's our future leadership that's leaving," said Mulrooney. Image Source broken Image Source. Improve this question. Laurel 2 2 silver badges 10 10 bronze badges. We need a "poofy pants" tag. Anixx - as a possible experiment - go into a bar in London, find someone with lively cheerful clothes like a football strip and tell them they look gay. Show 14 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Derived from traditional Indian riding trousers, hence the name.

And as armies mechanized and riding horses into battle disappeared many pre-war horse cavalry officers, Patton for example, still considered themselves cavalry.

Others, like the Wehrmacht, thought it looked cool and co-opted the pomp of the "elite" cavalry. Rommel, for example, was an infantry commander before WW2 but definitely took on the cavalry mindset.

Fashion was very important to militaries in WW2 — Schwern. Add a comment. David David 7 1 1 bronze badge. Do you mean that this style of pants was invented by Colmex or that they simply produced a particular variety of them? Welcome to History:SE. Sources to support your assertions would greatly improve this answer. Emmet Emmet 1. What does this add that is not already included in the answer by jfrankcarr?