Recent Findings and Recommendations: March 2026

In March 2026, the Chairperson of the RCMP External Review Committee (ERC) made the following Findings and Recommendations:

File Number	File Type	Keywords
C-152	Conduct	Discreditable conduct Lawful orders Prejudgment of issues Deliberative privilege Standard of care Misapprehension of evidence Insufficient reasons Mitigating factor
C-153	Conduct	Clearly unreasonable Sufficiency of reasons Timeliness of report Knowledge of policy Detachment practice
C-154	Conduct	Conduct authority decision appeal Disclosure Sufficiency of reasons Limitation period for imposing conduct measures respected Finding that should have been made Kienapple principle inapplicable Conflict of interest Unauthorized use of government equipment Failure to carry out a lawful order or direction
C-155	Conduct	Conduct appeal Time limit to impose conduct measures Oral vs written decision Appeal allowed
G-798	Harassment	Procedural fairness Delay Abuse of process Conflict of interest Scope of the grievance Opportunity to be heard Screening test for harassment Retaliation
NC-289	Harassment	Procedural fairness Error of law
NC-290	Harassment	Clearly unreasonable decision Sufficiency of reason Error of law (failure to apply proper policy) Failure to consider proper test
NC-291	Harassment	Harassment appeal Charter values Language of work rights Error of law for not considering Charter values Appeal allowed
NC-292	Harassment	Harassment Reasonable apprehension of bias Change in decision-maker Sufficiency of the investigation Definition of harassment Gender bias

If you would like to be notified when the ERC posts new Findings and Recommendations summaries, please contact us at org@erc-cee.gc.ca.

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2026-04-22