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A break-in at Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s home in Rockcliffe Park is expected t0 spark an immediate security review that may lead to more protection being assigned to the Liberal leader.
Outside of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, no federal politician has a full-time security detail. Even Official Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair has no assigned security, the New Democratic Party confirmed Sunday.
While the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wouldn’t return calls seeking comment on its policies regarding safeguarding politicians, a report obtained by Radio Canada in 2012 described the protection detail that provides security for the prime minister and his family at home and abroad. It has 120 full-time employees and had an $18.5 million budget that year. The prime minister has no control over either the level or cost of security assigned to him, both of which are determined by the RCMP.
The same report said security for parliamentarians is solely the responsibility of the RCMP. Protection for members of parliament is assigned based on the risk to the individual politician. Security on Parliament Hill is the responsibility of Sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers.
The RCMP regularly conducts threat assessments on sitting politicians and then assigns security staff based on the results of those assessments. The politician’s staff are responsible for handing over security threats or other concerns to the RCMP, which then reviews the data and updates the politician’s status.
Police were called to Trudeau’s home in the exclusive Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood late Friday or early Saturday. According to reports, intruders left a “threatening” note inside the home. A Liberal party spokeswoman said police asked her not to comment on the contents of the note. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, Mr. Trudeau’s wife, and the couple’s three children were at home at the time of the break-in.
An Ottawa Police Service sergeant confirmed an investigation is underway, but said any further information would be released by the RCMP. No updates on the case were available on Sunday. However, the unsettling incident was enough to see Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau and the three children leave the home on Saturday to join Trudeau in Montreal. On Sunday, Trudeau attended the Montreal 2014 Pride parade.
“We’re extremely shocked and destabilized,” Trudeau told the Montreal Gazette on Saturday. “It’s a reminder of the need to be vigilant. We have an incredible country here where I wander around with no need for security and that’s wonderful, but we do have to be very, very careful about how we move forward.”
He confirmed the intruders left a “threatening” note inside his home, but didn’t describe the letter in detail because the incident is under investigation. “There was a certain aura of menace around the entire situation,” he said.
“Part of the troubling thing was there was no damage. The person just came in, did a few things and then left.”
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The Prime Minister’s Office said it was relieved to hear that none of the Trudeau family was harmed during the incident.
“This is obviously concerning news. People expect to be, and should feel, safe in their homes. We’re glad to hear that everyone is safe and that the police are investigating,” said Jason MacDonald, a spokesman for the PMO.
In 1995, Andre Dallaire, broke into the prime minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive carrying a pocket knife. He made it as far as the bedroom of then prime minister Jean Chrétien before being arrested by security.
In a more recent incident, former Parti Québécois leader, was ushered offstage in the middle of her victory speech by Surte du Quebec officers on Sept. 4, 2012, when an armed gunman killed a man and wounded two others outside a victory rally in Montreal.
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Outside of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, no federal politician has a full-time security detail. Even Official Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair has no assigned security, the New Democratic Party confirmed Sunday.
While the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wouldn’t return calls seeking comment on its policies regarding safeguarding politicians, a report obtained by Radio Canada in 2012 described the protection detail that provides security for the prime minister and his family at home and abroad. It has 120 full-time employees and had an $18.5 million budget that year. The prime minister has no control over either the level or cost of security assigned to him, both of which are determined by the RCMP.
The same report said security for parliamentarians is solely the responsibility of the RCMP. Protection for members of parliament is assigned based on the risk to the individual politician. Security on Parliament Hill is the responsibility of Sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers.
The RCMP regularly conducts threat assessments on sitting politicians and then assigns security staff based on the results of those assessments. The politician’s staff are responsible for handing over security threats or other concerns to the RCMP, which then reviews the data and updates the politician’s status.
Police were called to Trudeau’s home in the exclusive Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood late Friday or early Saturday. According to reports, intruders left a “threatening” note inside the home. A Liberal party spokeswoman said police asked her not to comment on the contents of the note. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, Mr. Trudeau’s wife, and the couple’s three children were at home at the time of the break-in.
An Ottawa Police Service sergeant confirmed an investigation is underway, but said any further information would be released by the RCMP. No updates on the case were available on Sunday. However, the unsettling incident was enough to see Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau and the three children leave the home on Saturday to join Trudeau in Montreal. On Sunday, Trudeau attended the Montreal 2014 Pride parade.
“We’re extremely shocked and destabilized,” Trudeau told the Montreal Gazette on Saturday. “It’s a reminder of the need to be vigilant. We have an incredible country here where I wander around with no need for security and that’s wonderful, but we do have to be very, very careful about how we move forward.”
He confirmed the intruders left a “threatening” note inside his home, but didn’t describe the letter in detail because the incident is under investigation. “There was a certain aura of menace around the entire situation,” he said.
“Part of the troubling thing was there was no damage. The person just came in, did a few things and then left.”
Related
The Prime Minister’s Office said it was relieved to hear that none of the Trudeau family was harmed during the incident.
“This is obviously concerning news. People expect to be, and should feel, safe in their homes. We’re glad to hear that everyone is safe and that the police are investigating,” said Jason MacDonald, a spokesman for the PMO.
In 1995, Andre Dallaire, broke into the prime minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive carrying a pocket knife. He made it as far as the bedroom of then prime minister Jean Chrétien before being arrested by security.
In a more recent incident, former Parti Québécois leader, was ushered offstage in the middle of her victory speech by Surte du Quebec officers on Sept. 4, 2012, when an armed gunman killed a man and wounded two others outside a victory rally in Montreal.
Vpilieci@ottawacitizen.com
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