‘All in the manner of how it was posed’: MPs, experts split on Lucki testimony and whether a question constitutes political pressure

NDP MP Alistair MacGregor introduced a new private member's bill the day following the meeting, seeking to address a ‘vague’ section in the RCMP Act.

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told the House Public Safety Committee on Oct. 31 that she did not believe a question she received from the office of then-public safety minister Bill Blair during the investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting constituted political interference.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

November 3, 2022

Partisans and experts alike are split on the political interference denials from Liberal cabinet minister Bill Blair and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, with some saying the events described in the Nova Scotia shooting aftermath constitute clear “political pressure from the minister's office” in...

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