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Brent Cotter, ethics expert and former senator, named interim head of RCMP watchdog

  • The Liberal government appointed Brent Cotter, a legal ethicist and former senator, as interim head of the RCMP watchdog for six months starting Wednesday.
  • Brent Cotter was a senator from 2020 to 2024 and former dean of the University of Saskatchewan's law school.
  • Roxanne Gagné was named vice-chairperson of the commission for five years, effective April 20.
  • The appointments assist the transition of the RCMP watchdog into the Public Complaints and Review Commission to oversee complaints about the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency.
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Brent Cotter, ethics expert and former senator, named interim head of RCMP watchdog

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named well-known legal ethicist and former senator Brent Cotter to be the interim head of the RCMP watchdog.

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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