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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The RCMP is doing Trudeau’s dirty work

The Liberals and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki are denying they colluded to release have the RCMP release information about their investigation into the Portapique, Nova Scotia massacre to support the government’s gun control efforts, despite a report from the inquiry into the shooting revealing that Lucki promised Bill Blair and the Prime Minister’s Office that the police would do exactly what.

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