First Nations Under Surveillance: Harper Government Prepares for First Nations “Unrest"
Submitted on June 8, 2011
By Russell Diabo and Shiri Pasternak - June 7, 2011
Internal documents from Indian Affairs and the RCMP show that shortly after forming government in January of 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had the federal government tighten up on gathering and sharing intelligence on First Nations to anticipate and manage potential First Nation unrest across Canada...[T]he Department of Indian and Northern Affairs...was given the lead role to spy on First Nations. The goal was to identify the First Nation leaders, participants and outside supporters of First Nation occupations and protests, and to closely monitor their actions.
