Summary: During her first appearance at a House of Commons committee since being named commissioner of the RCMP, Brenda Lucki faced questions on harassment in the national police force, staffing levels, and marijuana legalization, but a male Quebec Liberal MP wanted to know how "a lady" would "tell the guys how to behave." During the first round of questions at the House Public Safety and National Security Committee, Liberal MP Michel Picard stated that it's a traditional institution and a tough environment, and that he will include in the harassment, before asking this. Lucki responded that they (referring to her and the ladies) do it all the time, that it’s part of their makeup.
Analysis: Lucki, who joined the RCMP in 1986, is the first permanent female commissioner, was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and took helm of the RCMP on April 16. She had also been the commanding officer of the RCMP depot division in Saskatchewan since October 2016. The fact that people refer to Lucki as the first female commissioner, indentifying her primarily through her gender, reflects on how although during the 1800s and 1900s, women were able to fight for equal rights as men and gain those rights constitutionally, there is still inequality among the spectrum of sex. Role models such as Lucki would further advocate women's rights in a fashion similar to other feminist role models such as Susan B. Anthony, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Ida B. Wells.
Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/first-female-rcmp-chief-asked-by-liberal-mp-how-she-ll-tell-the-guys-how-to-behave-1.3919109
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