Minister of Public Safety

The letter · 25 September 2026

To the Minister of Public Safety: RCMP "F" Division, White Butte Detachment, 6 May 2026, a member drove a police vehicle at a man at prayer and reported "perhaps mental health issues" to CBSA. Danilo Dzyuban

To: Hon. Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario [postal code]
Sent to the Minister's parliamentary office by email; the same text goes to Public Safety Canada through the Department's correspondence form.

Hello,

Subsection 5 (1) of the RCMP Act places the control and management of the Force in the Commissioner, under the direction of the Minister. This letter puts one act of the Force before the Minister.

On 6 May 2026 a member of the White Butte Detachment, Saskatchewan, drove a police vehicle at me while I was praying in a business parking lot in White Butte. She stopped in front of me, asked whether I was impaired, questioned me about drugs and took my name and date of birth. No offence was alleged. On 16 May 2026 the same member told the Canada Border Services Agency that I was "doing some unusual behaviour", that she "originally thought he was impaired by substances" and that it was "perhaps mental health issues". She reported my religion. She gave CBSA a statutory declaration, which CBSA "added to both GCMS and NCMS as he will likely be arrested in another province". On 20 May 2026 CBSA issued a warrant for my arrest. I hold the CBSA note, released to me on 24 September 2026 under Privacy Act file P-2026-40785.

The contact is before the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission under section 45.53 of the RCMP Act, before the Canadian Human Rights Commission under sections 5 and 14 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, and before the RCMP Access to Information and Privacy Branch under section 12 of the Privacy Act, all filed on 24 September 2026. A preservation demand went to the Officer in Charge, White Butte Detachment, and a letter went to the Commanding Officer, "F" Division, on 24 September 2026.

Send me the following by 9 October 2026:
1. Whether the Minister has given the Commissioner any direction on stops of persons at prayer and on the recording of a person's religion during a street check. Send it, or state in writing that none exists.
2. Whether the Force has a national policy under which a member gives the Canada Border Services Agency an opinion on a person's mental health and a statutory declaration predicting arrest. Send it, or state in writing that none exists, over the name of the official who answers.
3. The date on which this letter was placed before the Commissioner and the name and rank of the officer assigned to answer it.
4. Whether the Minister will direct the Commissioner to instruct members that prayer in a public place is no ground for a stop, an identification demand or an impairment assessment, and the date of the direction.

Silence by 9 October 2026 goes to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security and to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission as conduct after the complaint. The Commissioner receives a copy of this letter at 73 Leikin Drive when Canada Post resumes delivery.

Respectfully,

Danilo Dzyuban