OTTAWA — MPs on the House of Commons public safety committee meet Monday to explore whether there was political meddling with the RCMP as it investigated the…
Just over a week after a gunman murdered 22 people during a 13-hour shooting spree, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki held a meeting with top officers in Nova Scotia that has been described by those in attendance as tense.
Trudeau and Blair have adamantly denied there was any political interference and Lucki has repeatedly said she did not feel any pressure from federal officials.Article content Campbell’s notes outline that the meeting with Lucki and several others from the RCMP’s national headquarters came as a surprise to him.
Campbell wrote that Lucki was “obviously upset,” although she didn’t raise her voice. He said Lucki accused him of disrespecting her by not following instructions, and that this confused him. “The commissioner then said that we didn’t understand, that this was tied to pending gun control legislation that would make officers and public safer.”
The RCMP also did not release information about the weapons to the public. Media outlets, including The Canadian Press, were arguing in court at the time to see that information, which was blacked out in police documents used to obtain search warrants in the case. The information was eventually released through access-to-information legislation in November.
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