Police in Canada ‘lack formalized awareness’ of bad actors from abroad, according to RCMP internal records
The RCMP is struggling to address the threat of foreign interference from countries such as China, India , Iran and Russia because the force is contending with insufficient funding, a lack of trained employees and a muddled mandate, according to internal records.
The public inquiry, headed by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, is probing Canada’s response to foreign meddling in a number of areas, from elections toRCMP Deputy Commissioner Mark Flynn testified last week that the 2023 document, Federal Policing: Foreign Actor Interference Strategy“At this time there has been additional efforts under way,” he said, adding that Mounties have “significantly increased the knowledge and awareness of this topic.
Within the RCMP divisions, “there is inconsistent capacity to collect and analyze FAI-focused intelligence,” the document says. It adds that Mounties in some provinces “lack the capacity, resources, and awareness of the threat environment to proactively develop intelligence.”
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