It would be commendable for the Globe to take on the very real deficiencies of many Canadian police forces including those of Toronto and Ontario. Equally important would be shedding some light on the reasons for the problems. 

This "investigation" does not contribute anything due to its narrowness of focus and its lack of professionalism.  In the summary by the author of Feb. 3 (Still available online) we get a very revealing statement ("... that one of every five sexual-assault allegations in Canada is dismissed as baseless and thus unfounded ..." and that the rate is  " .. nearly twice as high as it is for physical assault."). Well Globe geniuses, in physical assault claims there is an inherent filter against "unfounded" charges: the fact that showing up with such a complaint without having at least some bruises to support their story will stop most people from wasting the police's time with a fictitious one. That is a real difference. Your writer didn't recognize that.