Roundup: Warning signs ignored by the RCMP

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Monday morning was kicked off by a very good story over on Global about a lawsuit launched by former employees in the RCMP’s intelligence unit regarding the bullying of alleged spy Cameron Ortis, who awaits trial for allegedly stealing state secrets with the intent to sell them. The suit alleges that Ortis was bullying out anyone from his office that he didn’t like in order to install friends and people who would be pliant. While the government says they are going “look into” the matter – the fact that this was raised long before Ortis’ arrest and apparently ignored by the RCMP’s management is concerning.

Meanwhile, here’s former CSIS analyst Jessica Davis putting these allegations into perspective – and painting a worrying picture of our national security institutions in the process.

https://twitter.com/JessMarinDavis/status/1300398113430085636

https://twitter.com/JessMarinDavis/status/1300398115690811393

https://twitter.com/JessMarinDavis/status/1300398117515296770

https://twitter.com/JessMarinDavis/status/1300399739284881408

Good reads:

  • Prime minister Justin Trudeau announced new agreements on procuring vaccine candidates, but there are questions as to whether we will be behind other countries.
  • Trudeau also expressed “profound disappointment” with the vandals who toppled the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Montreal, saying it’s not a path to justice.
  • Mary Ng says she is keeping an eye on the politically motivated probe of the Canadian lobster industry that the Trump administration ordered.
  • There is mounting frustration that the government hasn’t announced any new measures to help the people of Hong Kong.
  • Here is the tale of a Montreal ventilation company that was convicted of bid-rigging, and yet still took three years to make it onto the federal procurement blacklist.
  • Maclean’s dissects the O’Toole victory over 15 charts.
  • The now-deceased former principle secretary to the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick is accused of having embezzled up to $700,000 from the office. Yikes!
  • Colby Cosh walks through the Court of Appeal verdict against Senator Duffy, and the issue of parliamentary privilege that Duffy can’t surmount.
  • Steve Paikin tries to insert some nuance into the Sir John A. Macdonald statue debate, and the sins laid on Macdonald’s feet that were not his alone.

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