Press Release Department: Federal - Military Police Complaints Commission

Military Police Complaints Commission Chairperson Tammy Tremblay released her 2024 Annual Report online. Contact commission@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca.

The Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada launched a Public Interest Investigation into a complaint from Lieutenant-General (LGen) Steven Whelan that alleges that an investigation by the military police was flawed, unprofessional, and incompetent. The complaint concerns a 2021-2022 sexual misconduct investigation by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. In July 2022, the military police laid a … Read more

The MPCC tabled its 2023 Annual Report in Parliament. It provides a good summary of the challenges the Commission faces in fulfilling its mandate because of the the erosion of its ability to exercise civilian oversight of the military police, given obstacles it faces from the office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal. The full release is available … Read more

The Military Police Complaints Commission has concluded a Public Interest Investigation into four complaints it received related to the handling of an investigation by a Military Police Unit into one of its members. The full release is available online. Call 613-487-3765.

The Military Police Complaints Commission will continue its Public Interest Investigation into a conduct complaint filed by MGen (Retired) Dany Fortin in January 2023, despite the withdrawal of the complaint in October 2023. The complaint is about the handling of a Canadian Forces National Investigation Service investigation of an alleged sexual assault involving MGen (Retired) … Read more

The Military Police Complaints Commission has launched a Public Interest Investigation into a complaint about the handling of a military police investigation into the fire of a residence on Canadian Forces Base Edmonton in 2015. There were concerns the fire at the residence of the complainant’s former spouse and their three young children had been deliberately set. The … Read more

The Military Police Complaints Commission has launched a Public Interest Investigation into the handling of a sexual assault investigation by the Military Police against the late Maj Cristian Hiestand. Call 613-947-5625.

The Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada’s (MPCC) 2021 Annual Report, tabled in Parliamenton May 3 by National Defence Minister Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.), outlines how the Commission has overcome multiple challenges to usher in a “New Reality” for the organization. Despite a 30 per cent increase in its caseload, the Commission has continued to meet the significant challenges posed by … Read more

The Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada’s 2019 Annual Report, tabled in Parliament by National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.), provides a retrospective of 20 years of civilian oversight into Canada’s Military Police. Over the past year, the MPCC continued to make steady progress on two Public Interest Investigations. The Commission concluded witness and subject interviews, … Read more

The 2018 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament by National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.). The full release is available online. Call 613-266-3855.