We have a separatist movement in Alberta, that is fueled by a sycophantic and borderline treasonous Premier and UCP, multiple NGOs and special interest groups some of whom have already been fined for hiding their funding, and a think tank that gets more than 10% of their reported and direct funding from the US (ignoring funding that comes from the US but goes through one hop in Canada, thus legitimizing it).

Is it too much to ask that someone do some fucking investigation? Dig in and make sure the funding is all legitimate before we give up our whole country to a demonstrated enemy whose main mode of attack is division, propaganda and disinformation??

    • RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.caOP
      3·
      8 days ago

      I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t know if they did, intelligence work isn’t really published to the public.

      I’m guessing you’re not even clear on what they do, or what their mandate is.

      Would you prefer we disbanded them?

        • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
          52·
          8 days ago

          https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/documents-to-be-released-years-after-allegations-that-canada-s-spy-agency-monitored-pipeline-protesters/article_081ff05b-2c67-5475-8379-5c4bfc9d8735.html

          What these papers reveal is that the state and police force are collaborating with private security contractors from the oil industry to suppress groups that work to represent regular Canadians and their concerns about the environment,

          […]

          There are hundreds of intelligence reports on people and groups who were apparently opposed to this pipeline,

          https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-csis-says-ottawas-trans-mountain-pipeline-purchase-seen-as-betrayal/

          A Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessment highlights a renewed sense of indignation among protesters and clearly indicates the spy service’s ongoing interest in anti-petroleum activism.

          The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain a heavily censored copy of the June CSIS brief, originally classified top secret

          https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/wetsuweten-caledonia-csis-documents-1.6635343

          Na’moks, a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief who opposes construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia, is glad CSIS backed off from the terrorist label.

          But he worries that by branding elements of First Nations rights movements as “extremist,” CSIS leaves the door open to continued surveillance.

          “We know we’ve been under constant surveillance for decades,” said Na’moks, whose English name is John Ridsdale.

          I don’t know which rock you live under, but this has been going on for decades.

          • RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.caOP
            5·
            8 days ago

            Are you asserting that this is all that they do?

            I’m not going to claim this is outside their mandate, in fact it seems to be within their mandate, but I would surely like to see more stories about CSIS work on foreign influence. Thus my post.

            The problem seems to be that we have no transparency into funding avenues for many NGOs and NPOs, not only the environmental or anti-pipeline groups. Digging in a bit it seems that there is far more smoke on the side of the right wing orgs (Fraser, CTF) than the left wing orgs, but the correct approach here is to demand transparency and better reporting requirements across the board.

            I suspect the RCMP and CSIS may have political bias, but the way to fix it is to tighten up the laws around reporting, not to try to correct a bias around shitty laws. And certainly not to diminish the importance of organizations like CSIS, which frankly would be extremely naive.

            Edit to add - terrorism, including domestic terrorism, is solidly in the mandate of CSIS, whether it’s left wing or right wing.