Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities while Employment, Workforce Development and Disability inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough and Senator Brent Cotter look on in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities while Employment, Workforce Development and Disability inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough and Senator Brent Cotter look on in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named well-known legal ethicist and former senator Brent Cotter to be the interim head of the RCMP watchdog.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Cotter will become chairperson of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for a term of six months effective Wednesday.
Cotter, a former dean of the University of Saskatchewan's law school, was a senator from 2020 to 2024, when he reached the upper chamber's mandatory retirement age.聽
Roxanne Gagn茅 has been appointed vice-chairperson of the commission for a term of five years, effective April 20.
Gagn茅 has served as director of Manitoba's Independent Investigations Unit, a civilian oversight agency that probes incidents involving police and members of the public.聽
Public Safety Canada says the appointments will help oversee the transition of the RCMP watchdog into the Public Complaints and Review Commission, a new body that will handle complaints and conduct reviews related to both the Mounties and the Canada Border Services Agency.
This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published April 13, 2026.
