EDMONTON — Alberta’s justice minister wants the federal government to fire the head of the RCMP.
Justice Minister Tyler Shandro is urging Marco Mendicino, the federal minister of public safety, to immediately dismiss RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, saying Alberta has lost confidence in her.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“So far, Minister Mendicino has stood idly by while commissioner Lucki has failed to meet even the most meagre of standards for the past two years.”“There is a process around the appointment of the commissioner, that process has integrity,” he said in Ottawa. “There will be obviously a discussion with the commissioner as her current defined term comes to its natural conclusion. And we’ll see where that takes us.
The RCMP is a hot topic in Alberta, as the United Conservative Party government works on a plan to replace the Mounties with a provincial police force. Opinion polls and many rural and municipal leaders are against the idea.
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