Overview
- Poilievre said the RCMP "covered it all up" and called the force's leadership "despicable" during a Northern Perspective interview.
- He argued Justin Trudeau should have faced criminal charges over the 2016 Aga Khan vacation and said Trudeau "probably" broke the law in the SNC-Lavalin affair.
- Federal ethics commissioners previously found Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act in both matters, which are ethics breaches rather than criminal convictions.
- The RCMP reviewed the cases and concluded charges were unlikely to lead to conviction, with no new evidence or reopened investigations reported.
- The remarks drew pushback, including criticism from Conservative-aligned pundit Dimitri Soudas and visible discomfort from some Conservative MPs, with Andrew Scheer deflecting to the ethics findings.