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Parti Québécois Leader Worries — without Proof — that Ottawa Is Spying on His Party
St-Pierre Plamondon says there is no proof, but PQ members are using signal-blocking bags as the party leads polls before October’s election.
- On Tuesday, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon claimed Ottawa may be spying on his party, admitting he lacks definitive proof but citing decades of federal surveillance targeting the separatist movement.
- The leader's concerns follow the recent death of former cabinet minister Claude Morin, an architect of the 1976 PQ victory who was exposed as a paid Royal Canadian Mounted Police informant during the 1970s.
- Party members now place mobile phones inside Faraday signal-blocking bags during strategy meetings, as St-Pierre Plamondon assumes modern technology makes digital surveillance easier for federal officials.
- Domestic security minister Ian Lafrenière expressed doubt, stating he is more concerned about foreign industrial espionage, while Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal dismissed the assertion entirely, saying she holds no such fears.
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Without having the evidence, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon believes that it is "very possible" that he and the members of the Parti Québécois would be spied on by the federal government in the context where he promises to hold a referendum in a first term.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources17
Leaning Left10Leaning Right1Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution66% Left
Bias Distribution
- 66% of the sources lean Left
66% Left
L 66%
C 27%
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