Mr. Speaker, RCMP agent John McKay was murdered earlier this year on a road near his home in Erickson, Manitoba after he had reported several death threats to the RCMP.
The solicitor general might be interested to know that Mr. McKay was contracted for $250,000 to act as a paid RCMP agent. While Mr. McKay signed an agreement in 1995 stipulating he would not be relocated or receive protective measures, the RCMP and the justice system had an obvious interest in protecting Mr. McKay.
I urge the solicitor general to investigate what appears to be gross negligence and to determine why a paid agent would be given the option of waiving protection in the first place, as well as to determine why the RCMP did not provide protection.
It is of utmost importance that the solicitor general initiate an immediate public judicial inquiry into this serious matter.