(OTTAWA) Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Brenda Lucki will step down on March 17. The first woman to be permanently appointed head of the RCMP in the country’s history, Ms.me Lucki confirmed his intention to leave office in an email to members of the organization, according to information obtained by The Press.
The five-year term of Mr.me Lucki was due to end in April.
In principle, the Trudeau government could have extended his mandate. But government ministers had told The Globe and Mail in recent months that they no longer had confidence in Ms.me Lucki to lead the police force.
She confirmed her intentions a few days before the publication of a long-awaited report by the commission of inquiry into the state of emergency chaired by judge Paul Rouleau. Its report must be submitted by February 20 at the latest.
During her tenure, Commissioner Lucki has been embroiled in several controversies.
Among other things, she was the subject of allegations by an RCMP officer that she exerted undue pressure on the Nova Scotia RCMP to release details of the killings which left 22 dead in April 2020 in Portapique.
A report released Tuesday by the Public Inquiry into the tragedy included handwritten notes from an RCMP superintendent of a Nova Scotia staff meeting 10 days after the killings. According to this note, M.me Lucki reportedly expressed disappointment that the types of weapons used by the killer have not yet been made public.
According to the memo, the commissioner said during the meeting that she had promised the federal Department of Public Safety and the Prime Minister’s Office that the RCMP would release information about the weapons used by the shooter, as this information was related to the project. pending gun control legislation in Ottawa.
During the commission of inquiry into the state of emergency led by Judge Paul Rouleau, it was revealed that Commissioner Lucki was of the opinion that the Trudeau government still had tools at its disposal to end the occupation. downtown Ottawa the same day the Emergencies Act was invoked.