Indigenous Senator Lillian Dyck is calling for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to resign or be fired after her comments on systemic racism within the national police force.
“Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s statements in the last few days reveal that she does not possess the necessary knowledge or skills to remain as the RCMP Commissioner. She should step down or be removed immediately. This will benefit all Canadians, including the members of the RCMP,” Dyck said in a statement Monday.that she struggled with “five or six” definitions of systemic racism, Lucki acknowledged that the RCMP is grappling with a long history of racial discrimination.
Lucki's statement came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contradicted her on the subject, and after the emergence of police dashcam footage that appears to show an RCMP officer punching and tackling an Alberta First Nations chief during an arrest in March.
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