Dear Joe;
Officer Routhier is the son of Basil Routhier, the composer of 'O Canada' and the father of Henri Routhier O.M.I., the late Archbishop of the Grouard-McLennan Archdiocese.
According to his Cst. Routhier's son, he dropped out of law school or gave up law to join the NWMP at the time of the Riel Rebellion (il a lâché le droit pour joindre la police montée pendant la rébellion de Riel).
This was an action, even almost a century later, that was still strongly condemned as foolhardy by an 80 something year old son and retired bishop!
Raymond Pallard
raymondpallard@yahoo.ca
'Maintain Our Memories'
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