CSIS was concerned by the threat of ideologically motivated, violent extremism and the potential for serious harmful acts in relation to the trucker convoy, says the head of the national intelligence agency.
The decision to invoke the legislation has been scrutinized in recent months by federal Conservatives and civil-liberties groups who have been critical of its use and question whether the legal threshold was met. “IMVE is a threat that thrives on division and festers in the online space. But the hateful online rhetoric associated with these views is spilling over into the real world.”
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who also appeared before the committee on Tuesday, said in testimony that the act’s invocation provided police officers across the country with the ability to deal with blockades and unlawful public assemblies. “I delegated these powers to the OPP [Ontario Provincial Police] who used them to secure needed equipment to clear the streets of Ottawa,” she said.
HedyFry EXTREMISM in its own police force.
Concerned about but not found
Should be more worried about communism.
Another cover up article for Trudeau
and rightly so
Extremists?
globepolitics So we're most Canadians.
Simply demonstrates they haven’t got a fcking clue. Straight propaganda
Wanted to be left alone is an extremist viewpoint now….lol