Mendicino is expected to clarify exactly what RCMP Comm. Brenda Lucki advised him prior to a key cabinet meeting on Feb. 13 at which the government weighed invoking the act.
OTTAWA—Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will testify Tuesday at a public inquiry and is expected to shed more light on the political thinking that informed the Liberal government’s controversial move to invoke the never-before-usedMendicino is expected to clarify exactly what RCMP Comm. Brenda Lucki advised him prior to a key Sunday evening cabinet meeting on Feb. 13 at which the government weighed invoking the act.
However, documents at the inquiry show Lucki failed to include that important point in a document for Mendicino and national security and intelligence adviser Jody Thomas, that purported to summarize the RCMP’s key messages, ahead of that full cabinet meeting. Jody Thomas, the prime minister’s top security aide, surprised observers last week when she criticized Lucki for failing to speak up at that Feb. 13 meeting or at an earlier morning meeting the same day to directly inform ministers about her concerns.
The minister previously told reporters that after consultations with law enforcement, “it was understood by all that you needed to invoke the act.”
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