Deputy minister broke rules by hiring unqualified acquaintance: ethics watchdog
Deputy minister of national defence Christiane Fox broke conflict of interest rules by hiring an old acquaintance when she was the deputy immigration minister, the federal ethics watchdog has found.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/christiane-fox-ethics-commissioner-9.7156537?cmp=rss

N.B. RCMP officer cleared in shooting death of suspect, police watchdog finds
An independent police watchdog agency says it found "no reasonable grounds" that a New Brunswick RCMP officer committed a criminal offence in the death of a man killed in a police-involved shooting in Moncton last September.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-officer-cleared-sirt-moncton-9.7155181?cmp=rss

Watchdog's report on controversial RCMP unit delayed due to lack of chairperson
A years-long investigation into a special RCMP unit that polices protests against resource extraction in British Columbia is finished but can’t be finalized because the RCMP's oversight body has been without a chairperson for more than a year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-cirg-crcc-report-delay-9.7151904?cmp=rss

Watchdog's report on controversial RCMP unit delayed due to lack of chairperson
A years-long investigation into a special RCMP unit that polices protests against resource extraction in British Columbia is finished but can’t be finalized because the RCMP's oversight body has been without a chairperson for more than a year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-cirg-crcc-report-delay-9.7151904?cmp=rss

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Off-duty officer fatally struck pedestrian along Nova Scotia highway, watchdog says
An independent police oversight agency says an off-duty officer struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday along a highway in the greater Halifax region.
#Canada #fatalpedestriancollision #SeriousIncidentResponseTeam
https://globalnews.ca/news/11751849/pedestrian-fatal-nova-scotia-off-duty-police/

Off-duty officer fatally struck pedestrian along Nova Scotia highway, watchdog says
An independent police oversight agency says an off-duty officer struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday along a highway in the greater Halifax region.
#Canada #fatalpedestriancollision #SeriousIncidentResponseTeam
https://globalnews.ca/news/11751849/pedestrian-fatal-nova-scotia-off-duty-police/

B.C. police watchdog investigating after man injured during police interaction in Fort St. John
B.C.’s police oversight body is investigating an incident in Fort St. John after a man was seriously injured during a police interaction following a traffic stop early Sunday morning.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/iio-investigating-fort-st-john-rcmp-officer-s-action-9.7146532?cmp=rss

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The parliamentary budget officer is caught again in partisan conflict. Should MPs pick their own watchdog?
It's very possible the Conservatives will forget about their concerns as soon as the new PBO releases a report that is unflattering to the government. But ideally the appointment of an independent officer of Parliament would not be the subject of political conflict and partisan email campaigns.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pbo-ryan-jacques-conservatives-analysis-9.7143506?cmp=rss