QUESTION PERIOD — Public Safety
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
June 21, 2022
Senator Gold, the Halifax Examiner just published an article entitled, “RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki tried to ’jeopardize’ mass murder investigation to advance Trudeau’s gun control efforts.”
In the article, we learn that Brenda Lucki made a promise to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and the Prime Minister’s Office to leverage the mass murders of April 18 and 19, 2020, in Nova Scotia to get gun-control law passed.
Here is a quote, Senator Gold, from the notes of one of the RCMP officers who participated in the meetings with the commissioner:
The Commissioner said she had promised the Minister of Public Safety and the Prime Minister’s Office that the RCMP (we) would release this information. . . .
Senator Gold, is this true? Did the RCMP commissioner promise to use the mass murders in Nova Scotia to advance Liberal government policies?
Well, that is quite an accusation. I have no knowledge of this story or any of the facts. I am not in a position to comment at all.
Senator Gold, the accusation is made in the Halifax Examiner, not by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. I ask that you investigate this, Senator Gold, and report back to us.
Senator Gold, if this report is true, do you believe that Commissioner Lucki can remain the head of the RCMP?
I will certainly make inquiries, because this is the first I have heard of this. Forgive me for not being familiar with or a regular reader of this newspaper.
Again, I will have to make inquiries before I can make any comments, including a response to your last question.
