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Investigation of 2022 RCMP actions at logging protests still ongoing
BRITISH COLUMBIA, JUL 25 – The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission is examining whether RCMP tactics at three 2022 B.C. protests respected laws and Charter rights amid 17 arrests, ongoing since March 2023.
- Since March 2023, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission has been investigating RCMP actions at three logging protests in British Columbia, and the investigation remains incomplete.
- Widespread complaints to the CRCC alleged aggressive, militaristic tactics by the RCMP’s C-IRG at all three protest sites, prompting the systemic probe.
- As a systemic review, the investigation examines whether the RCMP’s E Division Community-Industry Response Group followed policies, law and respected Charter rights, as classified by the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission.
- When contacted, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission said via email that the investigation’s end date is unknown.
- The probe covers enforcement of a Cooper Creek Cedar injunction at Salisbury Creek near Argenta, which led to 17 arrests, while also examining injunctions by Coastal GasLink Ltd. and Teal Cedar Products Ltd.
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