Don't plan on taking the early retirement incentive, Canada's spy agency tells employees | CBC News Employees at Canada's spy agency who were hoping to take advantage of the federal government's early retirement incentive appear to be out of luck.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says it doesn't expect it will be able to approve many applications, citing "continued operational pressures and growth requirements."

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Higgs government tracked residents’ pandemic movements, criticisms | CBC News A former head of the RCMP in New Brunswick raised red flags in 2021 about a secret program to track the movements and political views of some New Brunswickers during COVID-19 restrictions, CBC News ha...

Higgs government tracked New Brunswickers' movements, "discontent" during pandemic, RCMP documents reveal: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS | CBC News Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who came forward as part of an external study investigating mental health at the spy agency described a sometimes isolating and bleak environment "lade...

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Appeal for Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP official found guilty of leaking secrets, set for later this year | CBC News Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official serving time after leaking secret information to police targets, will have his appeal heard in November — three years after a jury found him guilty...

Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official serving time after leaking secret information to police targets, will have his appeal heard in November — three years after his conviction in the landmark national security case. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Intelligence watchdog facing cuts as Liberals seek new powers for national security agencies | CBC News One of the watchdogs meant to keep Canada's intelligence and security activities in check is warning it will have to reduce the number of reviews it can take on due to the Liberal government’s spendin...

One of the watchdogs meant to keep Canada's intelligence and security activities in check says its ability to scrutinize those powerful organizations will be hindered due to government spending cuts.

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From policing cyber crime to tackling foreign interference and contract policing — are we asking too much of the RCMP? @spaikin.bsky.social puts the question to Jason Easton, @cattunney.bsky.social (CBC), and Kent Roach ( @uoftlaw.bsky.social) tonight at 8/11pm

What's behind the proposed changes to the RCMP's mandate and mission? At 8/11pm with national security reporter @cattunney.bsky.social (CBC), "Canadian Policing" author Kent Roach (@uoftlaw.bsky.social), former Trudeau senior advisor Jason Easton, and @spaikin.bsky.social.

Poilievre disagrees with conservative dean Preston Manning that a Carney win will fuel Western secession | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promoted national unity and downplayed former Reform leader Preston Manning's argument that a vote for Mark Carney's Liberal is a vote for Western secession during...

Poilievre disagrees with conservative dean Preston Manning that a Carney win will fuel Western secession. @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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In one of his final moves as prime minister, Trudeau argues for bold RCMP reform | CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using some of his final hours in office to call for a drastic and controversial shakeup to one of the country’s most emblematic institutions: the RCMP.

In an exclusive interview, Trudeau laid out why he believes the Mounties should get out of the boots-on-the ground policing they provide in provinces across the country and focus on national crimes instead.

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China, Russia will 'very likely' use AI to target Canadian voters: Intelligence agency | CBC News Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election a...

Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election and mislead voters.
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Live updates as Canada fights back against 25% U.S. tariffs | CBC

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RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online | CBC News When RCMP Supt. Jean-Guy Isaya first started as a police officer 20 years ago, school outreach involved drug safety programs. Now the Mountie says there’s a growing need to teach counter-radicalizatio...

RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Ex-minister says CSIS's national security fears were key to his decision to deny Canadian a passport | CBC News Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon says that while he received conflicting advice about whether to issue an emergency passport  to a Canadian citizen living in exile in Sudan, he was sway...

Ex-min says CSIS's national security fears were key to his decision to deny Canadian a passport. Abousfian Abdelrazik is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to his mistreatment abroad @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Not enough of you treat Little Women (2019) as a Christmas rewatch and it shows

Senators amend error in cybersecurity bill that could have cancelled half of it, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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One detail that struck me in this story is how Daniel was the only person covering the trial of a mafia hitman in a city the size of Montreal.

To add to your list of the effects of dying local journalism: The fact covering this trial solo helped make him a target.

The RCMP says it's considering deploying Mounties-in-training to help police the Canada-U.S. border as political anxiety over border control mounts in the face of tariff threats from the incoming Trump administration.

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Fate of cybersecurity bill targeting Huawei uncertain after senator finds 'drafting error,' @cattunney.bsky.social reports www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Parole board to hear serial killer Paul Bernardo's latest bid for release, Bernardo has been designated a dangerous offender and denied parole twice already, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Public Safety Minister LeBlanc "has been assured by the chairperson of the Parole Board she is RECONSIDERING" decision to bar French and Mahaffy families from addressing Bernardo in person next week, says his office just now

Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage

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The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — argues his clients have a right to confront their daughters' killer in person.

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Trial of alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' begins in Ottawa

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The Canadian Security Intelligence Service's objective was to keep Abousfian Abdelrazik detained in Sudan, a former diplomat who worked on the case testified Monday.

Abdelrazik is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to his mistreatment abroad

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Conservative MPs frustrated after Poilievre bars them from promoting housing fund: sources. One party source says MPs are being prevented from helping cities 'for partisan reasons' www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
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"We live for books."
Umberto Eco.

🎨Friedrich Frotzel, The old book case, 1929.

Ottawa Playbook Ottawa and Washington on split-screen in the early days of Trump 2.0.

Ottawa Playbook Scoop:

Conservative MP Jamil Jivani catching up over lunch Wednesday with law school pal and Vice President-elect JD Vance in the Senate dining room.

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The size and unique mandate of the RCMP makes this the largest and most ambitious rollout of body cameras in Canada.

The RCMP's profile also likely means its program will attract added scrutiny over when the cameras are used and who gets access to the footage.

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A bald man.

The former premier of B.C., John Horgan has died. More coming.