A first cache of pages received in February did not contain Supt. Campbell’s description of the RCMP Commissioner’s attempts to publicly disclose the type of…
The RCMP referred all questions on the matter to Justice Canada. Requests made by the National Post to the federal department remained unanswered on Friday, several hours afterThe federal Conservatives are now requesting that Justice Minister David Lametti appear to testify in front of members of the Commons’ public safety committee during the summer to explain why these four pages were held back for months by his department.
The committee voted to hold a hearing at the end of July to hear from Lucki, Campbell and other RCMP officials on the allegations of political interference in the investigation into the shooting that left 22 dead. Blair, currently the minister of emergency preparedness, will also be summoned to answer MPs’ questions.Article content
“So as the story evolves, we are certainly very focused on getting anyone who was involved in this in any way to come answer some questions, so we can get the truth,” said Dancho.the apparent political interference made by Lucki in the days following the tragedy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated on Thursday his confidence in the RCMP commissioner and said that his government had not put “any undue influence or pressure” on the national police force’s investigation to advance political interests.
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