Surrey Mounties and other RCMP officers are now eligible under their Regular Member health benefits to receive a maximum lifetime allowance of $75,000 for “gender affirming care” that is retroactive to Oct. 12, 2023.
Robin Percival, media relations officer for the RCMP’s National Communications Services, said this matches the benefits that were extended to public service employees through the Public Service Health Care Plan on July 1, 2023.
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