The federal government announced Friday that Mike Duheme will be the interim commissioner of the RCMP until a replacement is found for Brenda Lucki.
Lucki, who was appointed commissioner in April 2018, is retiring. She had announced her intention to step down last month, shortly before the expiry of her five-year term.
Her tenure as the top Mountie has been marked by internal and external challenges, including allegations of systemic racism within the force, growing calls to defund the police and questions over the response to the devastating mass shooting in Nova Scotia in 2020.
She also steered the force through the COVID-19 pandemic and the “Freedom Convoy” early last year, when protesters decrying COVID-19 health restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government clogged the streets around Parliament Hill and at several U.S. border crossings….