The Organs of the State Refuse to Do What They Are Paid to Do

They chase after some disaffected truck drivers instead of going after church arsonists:

Exactly two years ago, the federal government responded by invoking the Emergencies Act, which allowed for temporary measures including the prohibition of public assemblies, direction to banks to freeze assets and a ban on support for participants.

The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain the April 2023 CSIS brief, "Defining the 'Freedom' Movement," and related assessments of what the spy service calls ideologically motivated violent extremism.

While a movement may collectively hold extreme views, only a small portion of those involved may be willing to engage in serious violence, CSIS says.

The intelligence service points to the constitutional protection of freedom of expression and stresses that it does not investigate lawful protest unless it is carried out in conjunction with threat-related activities.

As many public health measures began to be lifted by early spring 2022, CSIS observed individuals "broadening the scope of their grievances" and identifying as members of the "Freedom" movement.

The change was also evident to those who saw and heard flag-waving protesters who lingered around the Parliament Buildings and gathered on highway overpasses.

The "Freedom" movement builds on the fundamental narratives of the anti-public health measures movement, including opposition to globalization and suspicion of pharmaceutical companies, with a heavy focus on alleged government infringement of personal liberties, the CSIS analysis says.

 

Who lent themselves to such beliefs?

Could it be the government that sent police to shut down barbecue eateries and churches but never restricted flights from countries with high amounts of infections?

CSIS, did your boss ever find out who leaked the Chinese electoral interference story?

Oh, and one more thing!:

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress sponsored VIP treatment for an ex-Waffen SS soldier, the House affairs committee was told yesterday. “The past history of this gentleman was unknown to us all,” testified Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon.

 

Maybe you can locate some aging Nazis while you're standing idle, CSIS. 

That might embarrass the Liberals who desperate to make this Nazi thing go away before the election.

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After Canada was struck by an unprecedented wave of church burnings and desecrations in 2021, a brazen church arson in Regina has highlighted the fact that while the church attacks have slowed, they never really stopped.

After the Blessed Sacrament Parish in downtown Regina was seriously damaged by a Feb. 9 fire, its pastor, Father James Hentges, released security footage of a masked figure pouring gasoline on its front steps before setting it ablaze.

In comments to Postmedia, Hentges warned against “jumping to conclusions” about the arsonist’s motive, speculating that the damage could just as easily be chalked up to rising crime and disorder in the downtown. But Hentges noted that the figure had obviously been “deliberate” in their intentions.

 

No, Father, this is one in a spate of arsons and vandalism.

I expect that sort of attitude from the authorities.