Thanks, farmgrrl.  There is a LOT the G&M didn`t ask police forces (there are over 160 in Canada.)

I can provide two possible answers to your question, `Why is that?` One answer: the lead reporter on this series of stories is not experienced enough to know better, or perhaps, in journalism classes--I`ll assume she took some--missed the lessons on objectivity.  

But perhaps my assumptions are incorrect.  If so, that is truly unfortunate, because the only other conclusion that I  (reluctantly) can come to is that the series was agenda driven, which usually means, start with preferred outcomes and tailor all data and activities to satisfy those ends.