Ottawa tracked Mohawk-Wet’suwet’en links, feared repeat of 2020 blockades: memo
‘Certain Mohawk individuals are known to use protest opportunities to leverage support online, and in the mainstream media,’ briefing document says
Privy Council Office
Inquiry so far hasn’t provided cash for groups travelling to Iqaluit hearings
More hearings mean more controversy for Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women…
National MMIWG inquiry ‘speeding towards failure,’ says latest lawyer to resign
Breen Ouellette is the sixth lawyer to resign from the inquiry.
Families caught in middle of inquiry-government squabble
“It’s sad the families have to beg.”
Liberals accused of blocking committee from calling PCO to testify about MMIWG inquiry
Federal opposition MPs say Liberal members on the Indigenous Affairs committee are blocking them from calling staff from the Privy Council Office (PCO) to testify on how it is handling money, and requests dealing with the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Ottawa tightened security screens after Bruce Carson scandal
The Privy Council Office has now tightened its security screening for political staffers after Bruce Carson was given secret level clearance to work in the Prime Minister’s Office despite having five fraud convictions and a bankruptcy on his record.
Bruce Carson received ‘secret’ clearance, never disclosed 1990 convictions: Brodie
Bruce Carson received a top level “secret” clearance to work in the Prime Minister’s Office, but he never disclosed his 1990 fraud convictions to top political staff, according to Ian Brodie, a former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.