Media Releases and Coverage

Last week RCMP Members successfully intervened with and arrested an individual who posed a significant threat at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. We have since been disappointed by commentary from multiple sources speculating on a potentially different outcome to the peaceful resolution of […]

The RCMP’s brass and union are pushing back against suggestions that the Rideau Hall break-in would have ended with violence if the suspect wasn’t white. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/07/10/rcmp-brass-union-push-back-on-suggestion-rideau-hall-break-in-ended-peacefully-because-suspect-is-white.html

The RCMP Commissioner and the head of the force’s union say they are “disappointed” by commentary from those who have speculated there may have been a different outcome to an incident at Rideau Hall had the intruder been another race. […]

Support for Mayor Doug McCallum and his plan to replace the RCMP remains strong in the South Asian community, said Satish Kumar, president of the Lakshmi Narayan Temple. Surrey residents appear to be divided along political and racial lines in […]

BRIAN SAUVÉ: RCMP acted heroically to stop gunman’s Nova Scotia rampage. Two months after the horrific events in Nova Scotia, it is still difficult to find the words to describe the tragic loss of life and lasting trauma. The Members […]

RCMP officers won’t get in the way of a new plan by the national police agency to outfit cops with body cameras, the head of the officers’ union says, as long as careful discussion is had about the privacy concerns […]