** The MPs were responding to a revelation by the Citizen, which published a story after it received a leaked email circulated through government.
The email was sent out Tuesday by the Government Operations Centre in Ottawa to all federal departments.
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“The Government Operations Centre is seeking your assistance in compiling a comprehensive listing of all known demonstrations which will occur either in your geographical area or that may touch on your mandate,” noted the email. **
** The Government Operations Centre (GOC) is supposed to provide strategic-level coordination on behalf of the federal government “in response to an emerging or occurring event affecting the national interest.”
It assesses the requirement for developing plans to prevent or deal with emergencies such as pandemics, earthquakes, forest fires and floods. It also monitors overseas situations such as the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. **
And now... it also monitors peaceful Canadian protesters exercising their Charter right of freedom of assembly.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/conservative-government-grilled-on-spy-agency-watching-protesters
** The Government Operations Centre (GOC) is supposed to provide strategic-level coordination on behalf of the federal government “in response to an emerging or occurring event affecting the national interest.”
It assesses the requirement for developing plans to prevent or deal with emergencies such as pandemics, earthquakes, forest fires and floods. It also monitors overseas situations such as the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. **
And now... it also monitors peaceful Canadian protesters exercising their Charter right of freedom of assembly.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/conservative-government-grilled-on-spy-agency-watching-protesters
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