Brenda Lucki’s retirement will not fix the RCMP’s structural problems
OPEN 1st March 2023
OPINION: RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki will retire later this month, after almost five years leading the service during a period of successive crises including the first unionization of its officers and a class-action lawsuit over allegations of bullying and harassment; but Dr Eli Sopow argues that changing the person at the helm of the service will do little to address the structural and cultural challenges it faces.