Special Report on the Federal Policing Mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Submitted to the Prime Minister on August 14, 2023 pursuant to subsection 21(1) of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act
(Revised version pursuant to subsection 21(5) of the NSICOP Act)

© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, 2023.
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Ottawa, ON.

The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians

Special Report on the Federal Policing Mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Revised version pursuant to subsection 21(5) of the NSICOP Act)

CP104-5/2023E-PDF
978-0-660-68660-8

CP104-5/2023F-PDF
978-0-660-68661-5

The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C., M.P.
Chair

Submitted to the Prime Minister on August 14, 2023

Revised version tabled in Parliament in November 2023

Revisions

Consistent with subsection 21(1) of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (NSICOP Act), the Committee may submit a special report to the Prime Minister and the ministers concerned on any matter related to its mandate. Consistent with subsection 21(5) of the NSICOP Act, the Prime Minister may, after consulting the Chair of the Committee, direct the Committee to submit to him or her a revised version of the report that does not contain information the Prime Minister believes the disclosure of which would be injurious to national security, national defence or international relations or is information that is protected by solicitor-client privilege.

This document is a revised version of the Special Report provided to the Prime Minister on 14 August, 2023. At the time, the document was classified as ‘Secret/Canadian Eyes Only.’ Revisions were made to remove information the disclosure of which the Prime Minister believes would be injurious to national security, national defence or international relations or which constitutes solicitor-client privilege. Where information could simply be removed without affecting the readability of the document, the Committee noted the removal with three asterisks (***) in the text of this document. Where information could not simply be removed without affecting the readability of the document, the Committee revised the document to summarize the information that was removed. Those sections are marked with three asterisks at the beginning and the end of the summary, and the summary is enclosed by square brackets (see example below).

Example: [*** Revised sections are marked with three asterisks at the beginning and the end of the sentence, and the summary is enclosed by square brackets. ***]

The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
(Membership from the 43rd and 44th Parliament)

  • The Hon. David McGuinty, P.C., M.P. (Chair)
  • Ms. Leona Alleslev, M.P.
  • Mr. Stéphane Bergeron, M.P.
  • Mr. Don Davies, M.P.
  • The Hon. Dennis Dawson, Senator (resigned September 9, 2022)
  • Mr. Ted Falk, P.C., M.P. (resigned June 15, 2021)
  • Mr. Peter Fragiskatos, M.P.
  • Ms. Iqra Khalid, M.P.
  • The Hon. Frances Lankin, P.C., C.M., Senator
  • Ms. Patricia Lattanzio, M.P.
  • Mr. James Maloney, M.P.
  • Mr. Rob Morrison, M.P.
  • Mr. Glen Motz, M.O.M., M.P. (resigned June 15, 2021)
  • Ms. Jennifer O’Connell, M.P. (resigned March 19, 2021)
  • Mr. Alex Ruff, M.S.C., C.D., M.P.
  • Ms. Brenda Shanahan, M.P.
  • The Hon. Vernon White, Senator (resigned October 2, 2022)

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