Lawyer says B.C. Mountie should be fired immediately or quit over group-chat remarks

This composite image shows Coquitlam RCMP constables, left to right, Mersad Mesbah, Ian Solven and Philip Dick, outside their RCMP code of conduct hearing in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

A Mountie accused of making racist and sexist comments in group chats should be dismissed immediately or directed to resign within 14 days, the lawyer for the RCMP's conduct authority told an adjudication board hearing Friday.

John MacLaughlan said Constable Ian Solven "has severed the employment relationship with the RCMP" with misconduct that "strikes at the core of the RCMP organizational values."

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