Overview
- Several Conservative MPs told Radio-Canada they may not back Pierre Poilievre in a leadership review this January following his remarks about the RCMP.
- In a YouTube interview, Poilievre alleged the RCMP covered up crimes by Justin Trudeau, cited the Aga Khan trip and SNC-Lavalin, and called RCMP leadership “despicable.”
- Liberals, the NDP and the Greens urged Poilievre to apologize for undermining confidence in independent police and prosecutorial institutions, and he declined.
- RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme said there was no political interference in the relevant investigations and invited Poilievre to meet with senior officials.
- Federal ethics commissioners found Trudeau breached conflict-of-interest rules in the Aga Khan and SNC-Lavalin cases, while the RCMP concluded criminal charges were unlikely to succeed.