RCMP union raises concerns Liberals' proposed financial crime agency will hurt Mounties

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-08 19:30:22.0
Tags: [National, Public Safety, Justice, Labour, Finance]

Rob Farrer, president of the National Police Federation representing approximately 20,000 RCMP members, testified before a parliamentary committee regarding Bill C-29, which proposes the establishment of a dedicated Financial Crimes Agency (FCA). Farrer expressed concern that the new agency—intended to tackle money laundering and online fraud by operating as a separate police organization with its own commissioner—will siphon off 150 experienced RCMP personnel and worsen existing recruitment, retention, and under-resourcing issues within the national police force. The union urged that any funding for the FCA should be entirely new rather than reallocated from the RCMP, and that assigned Mounties must be backed by qualified replacements with a clear transition plan to protect ongoing investigations and accountability structures.