Watchdog Asks Whether RCMP Brass Shielded Lobbyists in Ottawa’s Influence Scandals

Watchdog Asks Whether RCMP Brass Shielded Lobbyists in Ottawa’s Influence Scandals

Sam Cooper From ArriveCAN to SNC-Lavalin, new scrutiny of Ottawa’s regulators raises questions about whether the RCMP and federal oversight bodies have become politically neutered. Canada’s federal lobbying commissioner and the RCMP are under new scrutiny from a national transparency watchdog demanding to know whether the lobbying regulator has concealed rulings in nine violations that were referred to the Mounties — and later quietly sent back …