A 25-year veteran (“Read”) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) did not succeed on judicial review from the decision of the Assistant Commissioner that he had breached the RCMP Code of Conduct and should be dismissed for discussing an investigation into suspected criminal activity in and about the Immigration Section of the Canadian Mission in Hong Kong with the media, when he had earlier sworn an Oath of Secrecy
Administrative law – Police – Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Disciplinary proceedings – Penalties and suspensions – Whistle-blower defence – Evidence – Public interest test – Judicial review – Standard of review – Correctness – Reasonableness simpliciter Read v. Canada (Attorney General), [2005] F.C.J. No. 990, Federal Court, June 2, 2005, Harrington J. In 1991 and ...