The RCMP is preparing to offer close protection services to both senior federal ministers and public servants in response to the rising threat of political violence, sources say.
New RCMP units are expected to offer protection to up to 10 ministers or high-level bureaucrats at a time, according to information obtained by CBC News and Radio-Canada.
These new protection units are to be assigned on a case-by-case basis to ministers or officials based on risk assessments conducted by the RCMP.
While ministers have been clamouring for more protective services for years, the government’s decision to include senior bureaucrats among the people the RCMP protects points to a growing level
