Report finds RCMP officers six times more likely to screen positive for any mental health disorder than general population
The analysis found that recruits are typically more mentally healthy than the general population, but RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says policing across the country is getting more difficult and violent.
House Public Safety Committee should look into Mass Casualty Commission report on 2020 Nova Scotia deadly rampage
Four years after Nova Scotia’s mass shooting spree in 2020, the most devastating of the Mass Casualty Commission’s reports continues to gather dust.
Poilievre says he’s concerned about press freedom after Rebel News’ personality arrested and released, but some reporters suspect party using it to continue attacks on ‘legacy media’
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ‘has made the judgment that they need friendly media outlets to get their message across,’ said reporter Justin Ling.
Limited RCMP race-based data collection pilot could distort results, warns NDP MP Green
‘I would call on the RCMP to consider expanding this program. …[G]ive up on this idea that it’s a pilot, and make it part of the process,’ says NDP MP Matthew Green.
Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair
A full public inquiry is needed, according to Duff Conacher, the co-founder of Democracy Watch.
Provinces, territories call for clarity over RCMP contract policing assessment
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office says provinces and territories have been engaged in the review, with all but one providing submissions so far.
Security breach at Turkish Embassy in 2020 triggered threat review
The security breach harkened back to previous incidents of violence against Turkish diplomats in Ottawa.
Feds should absorb retroactive RCMP staffing costs, say NDP MP Johns and Conservative MP Falk
Alberta Municipalities president Cathy Heron said the collective bargaining agreement ‘was done with our money, but without our input.’
The national crisis of policing
How are we to come to terms with the growing pile of reports and inquiries that tell us policing in Canada is not working? And how do we respond to the increased public insecurity about rising random violence: from vehicles plowing into children, to stabbings and shootings on public transit? We are potentially on a […]
Mass killing report a scathing condemnation of Canada’s failure to curb violence against women
As the Nova Scotia inquiry found, there is no excuse for not moving ahead vigorously and forcefully to address this shameful, ongoing crisis.
