An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission and amending certain Acts and statutory instruments
Sponsor:
Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs (Beauséjour)
Proposed changes
On 19 May 2022, the Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-20, An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission and amending certain Acts and statutory instruments (Public Complaints and Review Commission Act), and it was given first reading.
Bill C-20 among other things,
establishes, as a replacement of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, an independent body, called the Public Complaints and Review Commission, to
review and investigate complaints concerning the conduct and level of service of Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canada Border Services Agency personnel, and
conduct reviews of specified activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency;
authorizes the Chairperson of the Public Complaints and Review Commission to recommend the initiation of disciplinary processes or the imposition of disciplinary measures in relation to individuals who have been the subject of complaints;
amends the Canada Border Services Agency Act to provide for the investigation of serious incidents involving officers and employees of the Canada Border Services Agency;
amends the English version of federal statutes and orders, regulations and other instruments to replace references to the “Force” with references to “RCMP”; and
makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
What MPs said
The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.