RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell told a House of Commons committee that RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki claimed to be "sad and disappointed" about not receiving details about the gunman's weapons following the 2020 Nova Scotia shooting..Campbell told MPs on Tuesday that the commissioner also said she "promised" the Prime Minister's Office and then-public safety minister Bill Blair that the details would be released..Campbell tried explaining to Lucki that releasing that information could harm the ongoing investigation.."The commissioner told my colleagues and I that we didn't understand, that this was tied to pending legislation that would make officers and the public safer," Campbell said..When MPs asked Campbell how much of the call with Lucki had been about releasing the firearm information, Campbell said the entire 20 minutes he heard of the meeting before walking out had been about the guns..Campbell said while he never wanted to enter into a political disagreement about what happened in the April 28 meeting with Lucki, he had an oath to uphold.."The principle was the oath that I swore to uphold as a young recruit over three decades ago. I could not and would not break that oath," he said..Lia Scanlan, the former communications director for the Nova Scotia RCMP, also appeared before the committee. More than a year after the shootings, Scanlan wrote a letter to the commissioner telling Lucki the meeting was "appalling, inappropriate, unprofessional and extremely belittling.".Deputy minister of justice François Daigle appeared before the committee, and was asked why four key pages of Campbell's notes about the April 28 call initially were held back from the commission to be reviewed for legal privilege..Daigle said that while there's nothing necessarily privileged about a call with the RCMP commissioner, the team of justice lawyers would have flagged any pages for review if there was a reference "to cabinet meeting, reference to a Treasury Board submission, or a reference to legal advice," among other things, he said..Daigle said the justice minister's office had "no involvement whatsoever" in deciding which documents to hold back for review, or in gathering thousands of documents for disclosure to the commission.
RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell told a House of Commons committee that RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki claimed to be "sad and disappointed" about not receiving details about the gunman's weapons following the 2020 Nova Scotia shooting..Campbell told MPs on Tuesday that the commissioner also said she "promised" the Prime Minister's Office and then-public safety minister Bill Blair that the details would be released..Campbell tried explaining to Lucki that releasing that information could harm the ongoing investigation.."The commissioner told my colleagues and I that we didn't understand, that this was tied to pending legislation that would make officers and the public safer," Campbell said..When MPs asked Campbell how much of the call with Lucki had been about releasing the firearm information, Campbell said the entire 20 minutes he heard of the meeting before walking out had been about the guns..Campbell said while he never wanted to enter into a political disagreement about what happened in the April 28 meeting with Lucki, he had an oath to uphold.."The principle was the oath that I swore to uphold as a young recruit over three decades ago. I could not and would not break that oath," he said..Lia Scanlan, the former communications director for the Nova Scotia RCMP, also appeared before the committee. More than a year after the shootings, Scanlan wrote a letter to the commissioner telling Lucki the meeting was "appalling, inappropriate, unprofessional and extremely belittling.".Deputy minister of justice François Daigle appeared before the committee, and was asked why four key pages of Campbell's notes about the April 28 call initially were held back from the commission to be reviewed for legal privilege..Daigle said that while there's nothing necessarily privileged about a call with the RCMP commissioner, the team of justice lawyers would have flagged any pages for review if there was a reference "to cabinet meeting, reference to a Treasury Board submission, or a reference to legal advice," among other things, he said..Daigle said the justice minister's office had "no involvement whatsoever" in deciding which documents to hold back for review, or in gathering thousands of documents for disclosure to the commission.
