Public Safety Minister says Commissioner not first 'in finding difficulty in using the right words,' but is challenged within minutes
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, on May 1, 2020.Public Safety Minister Bill Blair defended RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki in the face of mounting criticism over her understanding of systemic racism, saying he knows what’s in the Commissioner’s heart and she should be judged on her actions.
His comments to the Senate meeting on anti-Black, anti-Indigenous and systemic racism were challenged within minutes by Senator Marilou McPhedran, who described a failure of RCMP leadership in the face of “RCMP and police killings, and unrestrained violence.”“You’ve been embarrassed by Commissioner Lucki’s failure to demonstrate a modicum of understanding about systemic racism, on more than one public occasion,” Ms. McPhedran told Mr. Blair.
However, members of Parliament, from multiple parties, say Commissioner Lucki failed to demonstrate an understanding of systemic racism when she spoke to the House of Commons public safety committee on Tuesday about the issue. At the meeting she compared it to a physical abilities test that disadvantages short people.
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