Head of RCMP watchdog says a lack of resources is keeping her from launching investigations
CBC The woman whose job it is to keep the RCMP accountable to the public says she often encounters cases involving Mounties that should be investigated but are not because her agency lacks the resources.
"I would say there probably isn't a month that goes by that I don't see a complaint where I say we should be investigating this ourselves," Civilian ReviewandComplaints Commission (CRCC)chair Michelaine Lahaie told a parliamentary committee Friday morning.
"When we're getting into serious incidents of use of force, or when individuals' personal liberties have been violated, then those are the cases where the commission needs to step in."
The federal government is working to pass a bill that would expand the mandate of CRCC to include border officers.
If Bill C-20 passes, the federal government proposes spending $112 million over five years, and more than $19 million per year ongoing, to establish the new oversight body, which would replace the CRCC and would also handle public complaints aboutCanada Border Services Agency (CBSA) staff.
