As a former RCMP member, I must agree with you.  The Force is struggling to be too many things to too many people.  Recruiting is down, members are quitting in dismay over promotions, pay and personnel issues.   The demand from the Province of BC alone has outstripped their ability to supply new members.  

It would be best if they were to give the provinces a 5 years 'heads-up' to allow them to plan the pull back from uniform policing.  They could then focus on federal matters, and work at attempting to regain some of the credibility they have lost.