National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) has tabled the 2017 Annual Report of the Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada in Parliament. The theme of the MPCC’s 2017 Annual Report is OVERSIGHT AND FAIRNESS: Timely, Responsive, Independent. The theme highlights crucial elements of the MPCC’s mandate to provide civilian oversight of the Canadian Armed Forces … Read more
National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) tabled the 2016 Annual Report of the Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada in Parliament on May 4, 2017. The theme of the Report, Striking a Balance, runs through the work carried out by the Commission in 2016. The MPCC also created an action plan to promote employee well-being and supports … Read more
National Defence Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Alta.) announced the appointment of Hilary McCormack as the new Chairperson of the Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada. Ms. McCormack will assume her duties as Commission Chairperson on October 5, 2015, for a term of five years. The full release is available online. Call 613-944-9349. National Defence Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, … Read more
‘Ensuring Accountability’ is more than just the title of the annual report tabled today in the House of Commons by National Defence Minister Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Alta.), on behalf of the Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada (MPCC). It is a reminder of the MPCC’s important role: to provide for greater public accountability by … Read more
Michel Seguin has been named interim chairperson of the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC). Seguin spent 33 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where he served as Ethics and Integrity advisor, and sat as an adjudicator for Code of Conduct hearings. He retired in 2008, and has been a member of the MPCC since March 6, 2014. Seguin’s appointment is effective … Read more
Glenn M. Stannard has announced his retirement as chairperson of the Military Police Complaints Commission, effective March 28, 2015. “It has been over five years since I became Chairperson,” said Stannard. “In early 2011, Sheila and Shaun Fynes filed their complaint about the military police investigations into their son’s death. I stayed on to complete my … Read more
The Military Police Complaints Commission has made 46 recommendations to improve the quality of Military policing in Canada in its Final Report in the Fynes Public Interest Hearing into events surrounding the death of Cpl Stuart Langridge. “The Commission found significant deficiencies in the investigations conducted by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service and unacceptable … Read more
The Military Police Complaints Commission is challenging an initiative by the head of the Military Police to block publication of the Military Police’s response to the Commission’s Interim Report on a Public Interest Hearing into complaints by Sheila and Shaun Fynes, the parents of Cpl Stuart Langridge, who committed suicide in 2008. The Commission has filed an Application … Read more
The Military Police Complaints Commission’s 2012 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on May 3, 2013 by National Defence Minister Peter MacKay (Central Nova, N.S.). The annual report reflects the commission’s continued positive momentum in advancing civilian oversight of policing and outlines how the commission dealt with an unprecedented operational workload of complex and voluminous complaints. … Read more
The Military Police Complaints Commission has made recommendations to improve military police investigations in its response to a complaint about the conduct of Canada's Military Police in Afghanistan. The commission's report is in response to a complaint made by Amnesty International Canada and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association on June 12, 2008. The two … Read more
