Commentary It seems as if hardly a month goes by without another revelation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltrating or influencing companies and orders of government within Canada. This month is no exception. It has been exposed that the RCMP had contracted an Ontario-based company with ties to the CCP to provide equipment related…

Former Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he was unaware that his chief of staff asked RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki if details about the guns used in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings would be made public. Blair, who is now the minister of emergency preparedness, appeared before the House of Commons public safety committee…

Federal cabinet minister Bill Blair says he is unaware if his chief of staff asked RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki whether details about the guns used in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings would be made public. Blair, who is now the minister of emergency preparedness, appeared before the House of Commons public safety committee on…

Federal cabinet minister Bill Blair says he is unaware if his chief of staff asked RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki whether details about the guns used in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings would be made public. Blair, who is now the minister of emergency preparedness, appeared before the House of Commons public safety committee on…

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino was “very persistent” in speaking with the RCMP about their handling of the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa after the Emergencies Act was invoked, according to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. “My Minister very persistent,” Lucki said, as quoted in minutes of a Feb. 15 teleconference with the Ontario Provincial Police…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back Wednesday on recent challenges to the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in February after both the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said they could have cleared Freedom Convoy protesters without emergency powers, and it was revealed that RCMP commissioner had said not all…

An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties’ investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting. The affidavit sworn Friday by Supt. Jeffrey Beaulac, the RCMP’s deputy chief security officer at national headquarters in Ottawa, was released Tuesday by the public inquiry into the April 18-19, 2020,…

The federal government never pressured RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to release details about the investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Every step of the way, we recognized and supported the fact that the RCMP and police of jurisdiction are the ones who decide what is released and when,”…

Conservatives say cabinet minister Bill Blair and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki “lied” about not having politically interfered in the RCMP’s investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shootings, adding that they should resign. On Oct. 20, the Mass Casualty Commission made public a recorded phone call from April 28, 2020, during which Lucki says she…

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki was given advice on testifying at parliamentary hearings, including specific instructions for body language and sample answers for difficult questions, according to an internal document from the RCMP’s government affairs unit. “It is not uncommon for committee members to become heated or even antagonistic in their questioning of a witness. Be conscious…