RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki sent the Ontario Provincial Police a text message a week after anti-COVID-19 mandate protesters arrived in Ottawa to say the federal government was losing — or had already lost — confidence in the local police force.
OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique is testifying Thursday at a public inquiry investigating the Liberal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history. The government argued its temporary and extraordinary powers were needed to end the blockades.
The text messages between Carrique and Lucki on Feb. 5 — in which the RCMP commissioner also said she was having a hard