Following a meeting in December 2021 between Commissioner Brenda Lucki, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and President Natan Obed, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), both organizations have developed a shared workplan to help improve the relationship between Inuit communities and RCMP.
The plan is the starting point of a collaborative relationship between the RCMP and Inuit at the national level to address gaps and priorities in policing, with the goal of building transparency and trust.
Many of the action items flow from recommendations made in the National Inuit Action Plan, which embodies Inuit priorities for implementing the Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
As part of the workplan, the RCMP has committed to regular consultation with Inuit leadership to monitor progress. Both organizations are committed to sharing information and working together on emerging issues.