B.C. rights lawyers and environmentalists are welcoming a federal court ruling that said the RCMP commissioner was in "violation of her obligation" to respond quickly to watchdog investigations, after a report into the monitoring of pipeline opponents awaited approval for 3½ years.
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki violated her legal obligations when she took three years to respond to a complaint alleging Mounties spied on Indigenous and climate activists, a precedent-setting lawsuit found Tuesday.
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters, a federal judge has ruled.