The country's military police watchdog has accused the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CFPM) of obstructing its independent reviews of complaints.
"The CFPM has, at times, refused to disclose information to which the MPCC is legally entitled and that it requires to fulfill its legislative mandate," Tremblay wrote in the annual report.
In his testimony before the committee on Feb. 12, 2024, Defence Minister Bill Blair singled out the watchdog agency, among others, as crucial to institutional accountability.
"The CFPM fully supports the mandate of the MPCC as a civilian review body, within the parameters of the legislative framework articulated in Part IV of the [National Defence Act]," said Brig.-Gen Simon Trudeau in the statement, which did not elaborate on or address the specifics of the commission's concerns.
His reference to a specific portion of the legislation, which governs all things defence, including the MPCC, relates to what Tremblay said is a new interpretation of the law.
She said that when it has released information, the office of the provost marshal subjects the documents to "excessive redaction, preventing the MPCC from having full disclosure of the evidence it requires to fulfil its mandate."
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