RCMP’s penchant to ‘deny, discredit, and dig in’ contributing to erosion of public trust: NDP ethics critic

'We need to have a wholesale look at the RCMP and its expanded mandates over the last 40 years,' says NDP MP Matthew Green.

NDP MP Matthew Green, pictured during a House Ethics Committee meeting in July 2020, argues there should be a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology in Canada until legislation can appropriately protect citizens' privacy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

September 21, 2022

From its use of facial recognition technology, to its handling of the “Freedom Convoy” protests, the Nova Scotia mass shooting, and its treatment of Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous protestors, the RCMP’s dereliction of its “duty of candour” has led to an erosion of public trust in th...

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