Chair of NS Shooting Inquiry Worries Budget Constraints Could Tether RCMP Watchdog

Chair of NS Shooting Inquiry Worries Budget Constraints Could Tether RCMP Watchdog
Michelaine Lahaie, chair of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP in Dartmouth, NS on Sept. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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The chairman of Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry has raised concerns that budget constraints could end up tethering investigations by the watchdog agency that oversees complaints against the RCMP.
Michael MacDonald asked today whether it was a “blatant affront” to the independence of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP that before opening a probe it has to notify the minister of public safety about available funding.