Blair defends RCMP Commissioner Lucki, says she has ‘deep,’ ‘profound’ understanding of systemic racism

The public safety minister says he's working with the RCMP, the civilian oversight body, and departmental officials to develop firm legislative guidelines for resolving civilian complaints against the RCMP in a timely manner.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP commissioner is 'not the first and not alone in finding difficulty in using the right words.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 25, 2020

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair defended the head of the RCMP, who has been widely criticized over comments around the existence of systemic racism in policing. In testifying before the Senate during a Committee of the W...

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