(LifeSiteNews) – Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre took a direct shot at the nation’s top police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), for what he said was “covering up” for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Poilievre gave the remarks as a guest on a recent episode of Northern Perspective. He called into question the independence of the RCMP after being asked by the interviewers to comment on the ongoing scandals of the Liberal government under Trudeau and now Mark Carney.
“Most of the many scandals of the Trudeau era should have involved jail time. I mean, Trudeau broke the criminal code when he took a free vacation from someone with whom he had government business,” he said.
“Just like it’s right there in the criminal code. If the RCMP had been doing its job and not covering up for him, then he would have been criminally charged.”
Poilievre added that he believes Trudeau “probably violated the criminal code in the SNC Lavalin scandal.”
“These would normally have led to criminal charges, but, of course, the RCMP covered it all up, and the leadership of the RCMP is just frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.”
In the same interview with Northern Perspective, as reported by LifeSiteNews, Poilievre was visibly moved while speaking about how the assassination of Charlie Kirk affected him personally.
RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme was asked about Poilievre’s comments regarding the police force. He said there “was no interference” from Trudeau, adding, “I don’t take any orders from any political individual.”
“And as far as his comment in regards to senior management, I would invite Mr. Poilievre to meet with us and meet with the people who run this great organization,” he added.
Trudeau involved in multiple scandals while PM
As prime Minister from 2015 to 2025, Trudeau was involved in multiple scandals, some more serious than others, such as the SNC Lavalin affair, and enacting draconian COVID mandates.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, SNC-Lavalin was faced with charges of corruption and fraud concerning about $48 million in payments made to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011. The company had hoped to be spared a trial and have its prosecution deferred.
However, in 2019, then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould did not go along with the request and contended that both Trudeau and his top Liberal officials had inappropriately applied pressure on her for four months to directly intervene in the criminal prosecution of the group.
In October 2023, Canadian Liberal MPs on the ethics committee voted to stop the RCMP from testifying about the SNC-Lavalin bribery scandal.
In June 2023, LifeSiteNews reported that the RCMP denied it was looking into whether Trudeau and his cabinet committed obstruction of justice concerning the SNC-Lavalin bribery scandal.
Last year, the RCMP confirmed it never talked with Trudeau or was able to view secret cabinet records before declining to levy charges.
Trudeau flat-out denied it was being investigated by the RCMP.
The reality is, less than four years ago, Trudeau was found to have broken the federal ethics laws, or Section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act, for his role in pressuring Wilson-Raybould.
