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How investigating Indigenous activists became a CSIS priority for at least a decade (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by towhee@hexbear.net to c/canada@hexbear.net

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[–] towhee@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some good quotes in here:

The CSIS officer began with simple questions but soon turned to the agency’s true interest: whether the Innu were being influenced by communist countries in eastern Europe.

Up to that point, CSIS officials saw the unrest and violence rocking a few First Nations communities as “essentially criminal” in nature, thus an issue for the police rather than the security service, but Kanehsatà:ke changed their views.

“CSIS HQ decided Native activities had become ‘political’ and a level two targeting authorization was sought to ascertain the nature of violence associated with aboriginal land claims disputes,” SIRC reported on Jan. 30, 1991.

If you say the west has political police they'll look at you like you grew an extra head, and yet -

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Missed this post. Thanks for posting it. Bookmarking for later usage when someone defends CSIS in my family.