Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro is calling on the Liberal federal government to remove the RCMP commissioner..“Alberta lost confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki and is calling on Canada’s minister of public safety, Marco Mendicino, to immediately rescind her appointment," Shandro said in a Wednesday statement..“Over the past two years, commissioner Lucki failed to deal with the RCMP’s history of systemic racism in a forthright and public manner, and has risked the integrity of an investigation into a mass shooting. Further, as revealed last week, she failed to inform the federal cabinet of all law enforcement options available prior to the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act.".Shandro noted that in two major public inquiries, commissioner Lucki was given an opportunity to take accountability and prove to Canadians RCMP leadership could make changes to ensure errors of judgment would not happen again.."Instead, commissioner Lucki, in sworn testimony, has dodged accountability and excused her actions," Shandro said..According to a document entered before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Tuesday, Lucki emailed Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security advisor on Feb. 13. In that email, she said the RCMP did not need the act to deal with the many protests happening across Canada..READ MORE: RCMP's Lucki didn't believe Emergencies Act was necessary to clear protest."She stated the RCMP learned from the Ottawa experience not to let trucks stop and immobilize themselves," the document reads..In June, the House of Commons Public Safety committee voted to hold a hearing on allegations of political interference in RCMP's investigation of Nova Scotia mass shooting..According to the Globe and Mail reporter Stephen Chase, witnesses are expected to include RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, and the hearing could begin as late as July 25..A few days ago, it was reported that Lucki pressured the RCMP in Nova Scotia to release details of the weapons used by the killer..Lucki said she had promised Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair and the prime minister's office that the RCMP would release the information as it was "tied to pending gun control legislation." The RCMP repeatedly refused, citing the ongoing investigation..READ MORE: MPs vote to hold hearing on Lucki's RCMP interference.Less than two weeks after the shooting, the Liberal government banned 1,500 makes and models of assault-style firearms, some of which were used by the Nova Scotia shooter..Lucki later denied she interfered with the investigation and defended her discussions with Blair. She said as a police officer and the RCMP Commissioner, she would "never take actions or decisions that could jeopardize an investigation.".“I am calling on minister Mendicino to immediately rescind Commissioner Lucki’s appointment," Shandro said.."The commissioner of the RCMP must be held to the highest of standards. So far, Minister Mendicino stood idly by while Commissioner Lucki failed to meet even the most meagre of standards for the past two years. This is an abrogation of the minister’s core responsibility to Canadians and must be rectified before the RCMP’s reputation as Canada’s federal police service is further damaged.”
Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro is calling on the Liberal federal government to remove the RCMP commissioner..“Alberta lost confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki and is calling on Canada’s minister of public safety, Marco Mendicino, to immediately rescind her appointment," Shandro said in a Wednesday statement..“Over the past two years, commissioner Lucki failed to deal with the RCMP’s history of systemic racism in a forthright and public manner, and has risked the integrity of an investigation into a mass shooting. Further, as revealed last week, she failed to inform the federal cabinet of all law enforcement options available prior to the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act.".Shandro noted that in two major public inquiries, commissioner Lucki was given an opportunity to take accountability and prove to Canadians RCMP leadership could make changes to ensure errors of judgment would not happen again.."Instead, commissioner Lucki, in sworn testimony, has dodged accountability and excused her actions," Shandro said..According to a document entered before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Tuesday, Lucki emailed Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security advisor on Feb. 13. In that email, she said the RCMP did not need the act to deal with the many protests happening across Canada..READ MORE: RCMP's Lucki didn't believe Emergencies Act was necessary to clear protest."She stated the RCMP learned from the Ottawa experience not to let trucks stop and immobilize themselves," the document reads..In June, the House of Commons Public Safety committee voted to hold a hearing on allegations of political interference in RCMP's investigation of Nova Scotia mass shooting..According to the Globe and Mail reporter Stephen Chase, witnesses are expected to include RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, and the hearing could begin as late as July 25..A few days ago, it was reported that Lucki pressured the RCMP in Nova Scotia to release details of the weapons used by the killer..Lucki said she had promised Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair and the prime minister's office that the RCMP would release the information as it was "tied to pending gun control legislation." The RCMP repeatedly refused, citing the ongoing investigation..READ MORE: MPs vote to hold hearing on Lucki's RCMP interference.Less than two weeks after the shooting, the Liberal government banned 1,500 makes and models of assault-style firearms, some of which were used by the Nova Scotia shooter..Lucki later denied she interfered with the investigation and defended her discussions with Blair. She said as a police officer and the RCMP Commissioner, she would "never take actions or decisions that could jeopardize an investigation.".“I am calling on minister Mendicino to immediately rescind Commissioner Lucki’s appointment," Shandro said.."The commissioner of the RCMP must be held to the highest of standards. So far, Minister Mendicino stood idly by while Commissioner Lucki failed to meet even the most meagre of standards for the past two years. This is an abrogation of the minister’s core responsibility to Canadians and must be rectified before the RCMP’s reputation as Canada’s federal police service is further damaged.”