RCMP Commissioner’s Reversal on Releasing Gun Information Suggests Political Interference, Conservatives Say

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki appears at a House of Commons committee in Ottawa on May 7, 2018. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s reversal on releasing information about the types of firearms used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting incident suggests she was under political pressure, the Conservatives say.

“When the Commissioner of the RCMP tells the government that releasing certain information would compromise an active investigation, that should be the end of the conversation,” MPs Raquel Dancho and Pierre Paul-Hus wrote in a July 12 statement.