From the Niagara Falls Review:
Even the Mounties’ business is being affected by changes in the world economy. It’s shifting to Mexico.
RCMP Const. Allen Rodgers sports the traditional red coat and brown riding hat that make the police force world-famous when he greets tourists outside Table Rock House in Niagara Falls.
Last year, half of the people he met were from the United States, he said.
“Now it’s gone to Mexico,” he said. “The majority of my guests are coming from Mexico.”
Mounties assigned to the area around the Horseshoe Falls aren’t there fighting crime. They’re deployed as goodwill ambassadors. When tourists come to Canadian landmarks like Niagara Falls, they expect to see a Mountie and Rodgers is happy to oblige.