Apology 'not enough': Dene leaders want to see the RCMP spying files

Apology 'not enough': Dene leaders want to see the RCMP spying files

A growing number of Dene leaders are calling for access to the unredacted RCMP files detailing spying on the Dene Nation's precursor organization in the 1970s. The calls follow the release of a CBC investigation that relied on partially redacted files accessed through Access to Information requests.

PBI-Canada concerned by reports that the RCMP and CSIS have surveilled Indigenous rights defenders from the 1970s to the present | Peace Brigades International-Canada

CBC News reports: “Prime Minister Mark Carney says there should be a public apology for a spying operation targeting hundreds of Indigenous people that had the support of the federal government. ‘Yes, there should be an apology,’ Carney said during a news conference in Halifax on Thursday [March 26]. ‘It’s a reprehensible practice. Never should’ve happened.’” The article adds: “CBC Indigenous obtained nearly 6,000 newly declassified documents th…