Responding to growing calls for the next RCMP commissioner to be an Indigenous person, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called it 'an excellent Idea,' but stopped short of committing to an appointment.
show that 6.8 per cent of the force self-identified as Indigenous in 2022, a figure that has steadily declined for the past six years. In 2016, 8.1 per cent of the force was Indigenous.Brenda Lucki announced that she would be resigning
However, during her tenure as commissioner, Lucki came under fire for the RCMP's handling of the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia and the "Freedom Convoy" protests in Ottawa two years later. In the summer of 2020, amid worldwide Black Lives Matter protests and calls to defund the police, Lucki also faced calls for her resignation after telling media outlets she "struggled" with the definition of systemic racism.
"First Nations people distrust the current policing model. It’s connected to a legacy of trauma from negative interaction with police that continues today, as we see the over-representation of Indigenous people brought before justice, victimized and incarcerated," Lerat said in a Feb. 17 statement. “But we have to understand that it's not just about putting the right person at the top of an organization that makes the systemic change necessary. There is a huge amount of work on structures within our institutions, including the RCMP, to ensure that the entire force, the entire system, is fully respectful of Indigenous people, respectful of diversity, inclusive in everything it does, and responsive to the real needs on the ground,” Trudeau said.
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