RCMP Commissioner Contradicts Feds’ Claim Law Enforcement Advised Using Emergencies Act

RCMP Commissioner Contradicts Feds’ Claim Law Enforcement Advised Using Emergencies Act
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The RCMP told a parliamentary committee on May 10 that it did not advise on or request the invocation of the Emergencies Act in February, and was also not aware of any other policing body that did so.

Among the justifications cited by the Liberal government for invoking the emergency measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it had been done on the advice of law enforcement.

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