Aboriginal Affairs shared wide range of information with spy agency to bolster Idle No More surveillance: documents – APTN
March 18, 2015
The federal Aboriginal Affairs department shared information with Canada’s spies and other federal law enforcement agencies to bolster surveillance of the Idle No More movement, internal government documents show.
The documents, obtained under the Access to Information Act, also reveal how easily Canadian authorities assume the possibility of violence when it comes to monitoring First Nation demonstrations.
The Harper government’s proposed anti-terror bill, Bill C-51, would make it easier for federal departments and agencies to share information on widely-defined national security grounds.
The Public Safety documents stem from surveillance activity around the Idle No More movement as it was reaching its apex between December 2012 and January 2013. The documents focus on a number of protests planned between Dec. 19 and Dec. 23, 2012.
