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Richard Proulx (RCMP Officer)
Richard Proulx is a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner. He was the head of national security investigations at RCMP headquarters in 2003 during the " Maher Arar Affair". Role in the Maher Arar case He is the official singled outPither, Kerry. "Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror", 2008 in the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, also known as the Arar Report for failing to provide these clear directions on information sharing policies On September 25, 2003, appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Proulx, then the RCMP Assistant Commissioner refused to discuss case with MPs. The Committee wanted to know what was the role of the RCMP in the case of Maher Arar. The RCMP had provided information that led the United States to send Maher Arar to Syria, where he was tortured. Assistant Commissioner Richard Proulx, the head of national security i ...
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of Canada. As police services are the constitutional responsibility of provinces and territories of Canada, the RCMP's primary responsibility is the enforcement of federal criminal law, and sworn members of the RCMP have jurisdiction as a Law enforcement officer, peace officer in all provinces and territories of Canada.Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act', RSC 1985, c R-10, s 11.1. However, the service also provides police services under contract to eight of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada#Provinces, provinces (all except Ontario and Quebec), all three of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territories, more than 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous communities. In addition to en ...
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Project A-O Canada
Founded in 2001, Project O Canada was a Toronto-based O'Connor, DennisReport of the Events Relating to Maher Arar: Factual Background, 2006 anti-terrorism investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Created in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, subdivisions of the project named ''A-O Canada'' and ''C-O Canada'' were based in Ottawa and Montreal, RCMP Divisions A and C respectively.Arar CommissionTestimony of Garry Loeppky By December 2001, the RCMP was shifting its focus from gathering intelligence, to seeking information "in a manner suitable for court purposes". It was later criticised for bringing together forty members from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's (RCMP) ''Commercial Crimes'', ''IPOC'', and ''National Security Investigations'' branches, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Customs and Revenue Agency, Canada Border Services Agency, the Quebec and Ontario provincial police, and local officers from Hull, Gatineau and Ottawa. The team was compo ...
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officers
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Torture In Canada
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