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SECU Committee Report

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Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), your committee has considered the Final Report on the Implementation of the Merlo Davidson Settlement Agreement entitled Broken Dreams Broken Lives: The Devastating Effects of Sexual Harassment on Women in the RCMP by the Hon. Michel Bastarache and reports the following to the House:

1) That the committee concurs in the findings and recommendations of the “Bastarache Report”;

2) That the committee call on the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to provide a detailed report to the committee before June 23, 2021, on all ongoing actions and plans to implement the RCMP specific recommendations of the “Bastarache Report”, including timelines for implementation and ongoing work to meet the recommendations;

3) That the Commissioner’s report be appended to this report if submitted on time;

4) That the committee further calls for the Commissioner’s report to be updated and provided to the committee every two months; and,

5) That the chair be directed to call a meeting of the committee on the “Bastarache Report” if any updates requested in subsection 2 are not provided on time.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 10, 32 and 35) is tabled.