RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s reversal on releasing information about the types of firearms used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting incident suggests she was under political pressure, the Conservatives say.
“When the Commissioner of the RCMP tells the government that releasing certain information would compromise an active investigation, that should be the end of the conversation,” MPs Raquel Dancho and Pierre Paul-Hus wrote in a July 12 statement.
“Clearly, that wasn’t the end of it and somewhere in those five days, the Commissioner was worn down. It is not believable that the Commissioner suddenly changed her mind without influence.”
The MPs were reacting to the latest revelation from the Mass Casualty Commission (MCC) looking into the April 2020 tragedy that left 22 dead….