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Blair, Lucki tell Commons committee they didn’t meddle in N.S. shooting probe

Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told a House of Commons committee Monday that they did not interfere in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.

“Let me begin, and let me be clear. I did not interfere in the investigation around this tragedy,” Lucki told members of the House of Commons public safety and national security committee.

“Specifically, I was not directed to publicly release information about weapons used by the perpetrator to help advance pending gun control legislation.”

by Blazingcatfur•July 25, 2022July 25, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, RCMP, WTF?

RCMP sent out stock images of escaped killer’s accomplices

Pictures of suspected accomplices in Rabih Alkhalil escape were stock images, RCMP say

Coquitlam RCMP are still actively searching for Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil, who escaped from the North Fraser Pre-trial Centre on Thursday — but the photos they shared of his alleged accomplices were stock images, they said.

“It is believed that the suspects who helped Alkhalil escape bear a close resemblance to the photos they left behind, but those images are not them,” said Const. Deanna Law with Coquitlam RCMP in a statement Saturday afternoon.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2022July 24, 2022•0•RCMP, WTF?

RCMP pauses billing to local governments, provinces as salaries soar

The federal government says it won’t bill provinces and municipalities for the retroactive portion of Mountie salaries while it considers whether to help shoulder some of the burden of a steep pay-raise package.

The RCMP union negotiated its first contract with the Treasury Board last August and gained significant wage increases for its members, prompting some mayors and town councillors to say that because of the heightened costs, they could no longer afford their police.

Costs for the nearly 20,000 RCMP officers are shared between federal, provincial and municipal governments.

by Blazingcatfur•July 13, 2022July 13, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class, RCMP, WTF?

Canada’s top police force admits using spyware to hack into suspects’ phones without their knowledge

Canada’s national Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) force has acknowledged it uses special spyware to hack into a suspect’s phone without them even knowing it.

by Sarcasticat•July 8, 2022July 7, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", Canada, RCMP

Ex-Mounties say Lucki scandal highlights politicized RCMP

Allegations of political interference in the investigation of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia highlight continuing problems with politicization of the RCMP, say former Mounties.

Rob Creasser was an RCMP officer in British Columbia from 1992 to 2010 and helped spearhead efforts to form the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada (MPPAC). In an interview with Western Standard, Creasser said the revelations are only the latest indication of continuing problems.

“What I would gently call dysfunction within the organization — that hasn’t changed, despite me being out for now, over a decade,” Creasser said.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2022July 2, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, RCMP

RCMP admits use of spyware to hack phones

OTTAWA, Ont. — In a “remarkable” disclosure, Canada’s national police force has described for the first time how it uses spyware to infiltrate mobile devices and collect data, including by remotely turning on the camera and microphone of a suspect’s phone or laptop.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says it only uses such tools in the most serious cases, when less intrusive techniques are unsuccessful. But until now, the force has not been open about its ability to employ malware to hack phones and other devices, despite using the tools for several years. Between 2018 and 2020, the RCMP said it deployed this technology in 10 investigations.

What could go wrong with Lucki in charge?

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2022July 1, 2022•0•"Surveillance Society", RCMP

Time for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to tell the whole story

There’s something crucial missing: an explanation from RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. It can’t wait much longer.

The allegation that the Liberal government pressured the RCMP to release information about the investigation into the Nova Scotia shootings of April 18 to 19, 2020, in order to advance their gun-control agenda is now boiling down to two increasingly irreconcilable versions of events – with Commissioner Lucki in between.

We need the commissioner to come forward, quickly.

I doubt that is gonna happen. The Liberals and their cronies know they can get away with bald faced lies and face no consequences whatsoever.

Face it our political class is as corrupt as any Banana republic and there isn’t an institution the Liberals have not compromised.

The RCMP are the TonTon Macoute of Canada, anyone arrested by them should consider themselves political prisoners and seek aid from human rights agencies and sympathetic organizations such as the GOP beyond Canada’s borders.

by Blazingcatfur•June 30, 2022June 30, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, RCMP

Top civilian Mountie rebukes RCMP Commissioner for ‘appalling’ behaviour at behest of federal government

A senior civilian Mountie sent a strongly worded letter to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki last year, accusing her of bowing to political pressure and displaying “unprofessional and extremely belittling” behaviour to officers investigating the worst mass shooting in Canadian history.

The Mass Casualty Commission, which is conducting an inquiry into the April, 2020, killing of 22 people in Nova Scotia, on Tuesday released the rebuke from Lia Scanlan, a former director of strategic communications for the RCMP in Halifax.

by Blazingcatfur•June 29, 2022June 29, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, RCMP

RCMP Earns Tonton Macoute Badge: New Documents Reveal Second RCMP Staffer’s Email Shows Trudeau, Blair & Lucki Are Liars

2nd RCMP staffer suggests commissioner under political pressure after N.S. mass shooting

… Lia Scanlan, former communications director for the Nova Scotia RCMP, wrote in a scathing email to Lucki that during the April 28, 2020, meeting she attended with the commissioner and senior Nova Scotia officers, Lucki informed the group of “the pressures and conversation with [then public safety] minister Blair,” which the group clearly understood was related to upcoming gun control legislation.

“I remember a feeling of disgust as I realized this was the catalyst for the conversation,” Scanlan said in her email dated April 14, 2021, about a year after the shooting.

“I could not believe what you, the leader of our organization, was saying and I was embarrassed to be privy to what was unfolding. It was appalling, unprofessional and extremely belittling.”

I think anyone arrested by the RCMP should consider themselves captives of a private mercenary army.

by Blazingcatfur•June 28, 2022June 28, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, RCMP

22 Murders

Good read. Very informative/detailed. Sr RCMP screwed up big time – biggest issue – no-one in power was from NS – had no idea where critical incidences were occurring during or in media availability

Be interesting to see how these new details fit into the narrative pic.twitter.com/782RlUIZih

— Tea 🇨🇦 (@Tea_O_CANADA) June 24, 2022

by Sarcasticat•June 28, 2022June 27, 2022•0•Nova Scotia, RCMP

Ottawa police calling in the Mounties for Canada Day backup

City police are seeking special constable status for up to 491 Royal Canadian Mounted Police to help patrol around Canada Day — when more “freedom movement” protests are expected alongside the celebrations — and during “other major events” through the end of November.

by Sarcasticat•June 27, 2022June 26, 2022•0•Canada Day, Ottawa, Protest, RCMP

Guy who lied about Emergencies Act says he gonna bring greater oversight to RCMP … so they won’t get Junior in trouble again

Canada’s public safety minister ‘deeply committed’ to enhance oversight of the RCMP

The federal public safety minister says he is “deeply committed” to enhancing oversight of the RCMP by strengthening the role of the national police force’s management advisory board.

In an interview, Marco Mendicino expressed a desire to give the board the “independence and autonomy that it needs” — possibly through legislative amendments — to ensure adequate supervision.

He also stressed the need for a clearer line of communication between the board and his office to help build “trust and confidence” between Canadians and RCMP.

by Blazingcatfur•June 26, 2022June 26, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, RCMP, WTF?

How much influence should politicians have over police?

Controversy erupted this week when allegations came to light that the Liberal government may have tried to interfere in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting where 17 people were killed.

According to RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell’s notes, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said in a phone call that she had promised the Prime Minister’s Office and then-Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair that the RCMP would publicly release information about the weapons the gunman used. Lucki was reportedly angry when the RCMP did not do so.

The Liberal government is alleged to have wanted the information made public to further their gun control agenda. Critics and opposition politicians have accused the government of attempting to use the tragedy for political gain. Lucki, Blair and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have denied that there was interference in the investigation.

Just the CBC running cover. Everyone knows Trudeau lied, it’s what he does.

by Blazingcatfur•June 25, 2022June 25, 2022•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, RCMP

After All The Lies, Who Could Possibly Believe Trudeau’s Claims Amid Brenda Lucki Scandal?

A key problem in Canada today is that the political elites believe they are automatically owed the trust of Canadians.

In our own lives, we all know that trust is earned, and that those who lie constantly are no longer believed.

Somehow, politicians like Trudeau think that doesn’t apply to them.

Thus, in response to the escalating Brenda Lucki-RCMP-Trudeau government scandal, he is trotting out the same tactics he uses every scandal:

Lie & Deny.

by Sarcasticat•June 25, 2022June 24, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, RCMP

Conservatives want Bill Blair and others investigated over RCMP scandal

Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen told reporters that she was disgusted by the news that the Liberal government allegedly pressured Commissioner of the RCMP Brenda Lucki to use the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting for political gain.

by Sarcasticat•June 23, 2022June 22, 2022•0•RCMP