An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act
Bill S-223 in 45-1 was a Senate Private Member's Bill amending the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. R-10) to address the 2023 Mass Casualty Commission's March Turner-MacDonald report 130 recommendations on RCMP institutional reform following the April 2020 Portapique mass shooting (22 victims). The bill would have strengthened the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC) authority, mandated public disclosure of RCMP-discipline outcomes, required Indigenous-community consultation thresholds before RCMP-Indigenous-policing-services renewal, and created a new federal RCMP Reform Implementation Officer position to track Mass Casualty Commission recommendations.
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Strengthens civilian oversight of the RCMP. Gives the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission more investigative power, tightens internal-discipline timelines. Follows several reports calling for stronger external oversight of federal policing.
Issues this bill touches
- Crime & Public Safety
RCMP Act amendments.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
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