An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Short title: Ensuring the Effective Review of RCMP Civilian Complaints Act Bill C-38 (40-3) Status: At second reading in the House of Commons Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety (Provencher) Latest stage: First reading Legislative

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summary is available.<br/>On June 2010, the Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-38, Ensuring the Effective Review of RCMP Civilian Complaints Act, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.<br/>The bill amends the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act.

Among other things it:<br/>• Establishes a new civilian review body to replace the existing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission.<br/>• Specifies that the Commission consists only of members who are civilians with additional powers to review and report on the activities of the RCMP.<br/>• Authorizes the Commission to conduct a review of specified activities of the Force to determine their compliance with applicable Acts, regulations, ministerial directives, policies and procedures. <br/>• Provides the Commission with additional powers to review and report on the activities of the RCMP in any province or territory that has entered into an arrangement with the Minister for the provision of policing services and gives it a right of access to all information, other than cabinet confidences, that is under the control of the Force or in its possession.<br/>• Increases the powers of the Commission generally, giving it the same powers as a superior court of record and increasing the involvement of complainants by permitting representations and receiving regular updates on the progress of any investigation.<br/>• Adds a new Part to the Act to establish certain requirements relating to serious incidents involving the conduct of officers and other members of the RCMP.

It also provides that, if a provincial authority designates a special investigative unit or independent police force to investigate such a serious threat, the Force is required to refer its investigation of the incident to that investigative body or police force and investigate only if no such designation is made and is unable to identify an investigative body or another police force to investigate.

Observers may be appointed to review and report on the impartiality of an investigation by the Force or another police force.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2010-06-14) House of Commons — Second reading: No activity Full bill text is not included in the LEGISinfo JSON export. Open the official Parliament of Canada bill page for the complete document.