Posted: Feb 25, 2021 9:43 PM ET | Last Updated: February 26
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the force will investigate all cases of illegal foreign coercion. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
The RCMP should do more to help those who feel threatened or coerced by foreign governments, including China, to come forward, according to Commissioner Brenda Lucki.
Lucki s comments to the parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations come after pro-Hong Kong activists in British Columbia say they were threatened online and told by police there was little authorities could do.
Lucki noted that, though the RCMP has a 1-800 number for reporting threats to national security, by the sounds of it, it sounds like we need to do better communication.
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