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??
It’s CSIS. They’re not supposed to announce to the world what they’re up to, otherwise it defeats the whole point of having an intelligence service. Unfortunately, the tradeoff is that it makes it seem like they’re not doing anything, and we can’t verify if they’re doing anything
I agree, I acknowledged this in another comment in this thread.
However, I also made another point that is highly relevant and speaks to the ability of CSIS and others to prosecute any of these groups as well as the ability of the media to investigate them - that is, the laws around disclosure of funding sources seems to be incredibly weak. So even if CSIS is doing work, unless they can clear the incredibly high bar of proving foreign influence, we will never hear about it. What we SHOULD do is lower the bar for foreign influence by legislating much harsher limits on foreign funding and involvement in our NGOs.