WUCN-Epi#290-PROJECT NATTERJACK The RCMP's Internal Review of 2022 Freedom Convoy!

WUCN-Epi#290-PROJECT NATTERJACK The RCMP's Internal Review of 2022 Freedom Convoy!
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 / 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 ---
𝟭. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹
“THIS COURT ORDERS that, provided the terms of this Order are complied with, the Defendants and other persons remain at liberty to engage in a peaceful, lawful and safe protest.”
— 𝘏𝘰𝘯. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘔𝘤𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘖𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘍𝘦𝘣 7, 2022
Archive link: https://tinyurl.com/5atbbt96

𝟮. 𝗖𝗦𝗜𝗦: 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴ㅤ
“A week before the Emergencies Act was invoked, CSIS told senior government officials it had found no evidence of foreign actors or states financing the convoy protests.”
Globe and Mail
Archive link: https://archive.ph/XQjkq

𝟯. 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖: 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆
“Fundraising for Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ has not been linked to any spike in suspicious financial transactions.”— 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘱, 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘍𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘊
Globe and Mail
Archive link: https://tinyurl.com/3w289jwb

𝟰. 𝗢𝗣𝗣 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗡𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺ㅤ
“The lack of violent crime was shocking.” “Fears of extremist violence were exaggerated by unnamed political leaders and unspecified news reports.”— 𝘗𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘖𝘗𝘗 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶, 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 19, 2022
Toronto Star
Archive link: https://tinyurl.com/mrydx95e

𝟱. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆: 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹ㅤ
“The decision to issue the proclamation [was] unreasonable and unjustified.”
— 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢, 2024 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨
Reference: 2024 𝘍𝘊 327 (official court judgment)

𝟲. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 (𝗥𝗖𝗠𝗣): 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲ㅤ
RCMP analysts were pressured to frame the Convoy as “ideologically motivated violent extremists.”
Analysts were overwhelmed by briefing demands and, in some cases, reports were rushed, skewed, or misattributed — 𝘙𝘊𝘔𝘗 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 2024
Catalogue No. PS64-220/2024E-PDF
ISBN: 978-0-660-70609-2

𝟳. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁ㅤ
Despite being acquitted of conspiracy to commit murder, both men were sentenced to 6.5 years and denied parole based explicitly on their beliefs and refusal to express remorse for dissent.
Parole documents show they were treated as ongoing threats because of anti-authoritarian views and 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 2025.
Gord Magill
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