Flashback:
- Toronto G20 Exposed (Documentary – Full Length)
- Report: G20 Law Gave Cops ‘Wartime’ Power
- G20 Cops Were Told To Stand Down. Why? Who Made That Order?
RCMP collaborated with provincial and local police to monitor activists

Police in riot gear stand guard in front of activists during a protest ahead of the G20 summit in downtown Toronto on June 25, 2010. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
- G20 case reveals ‘largest ever’ police spy operation (CBC News, Nov 22, 2011):
Police organizations across the country co-operated to spy on community organizations and activists in what the RCMP called one of the largest domestic intelligence operations in Canadian history, documents reveal.
Information about the extensive police surveillance in advance of last year’s G8 and G20 meetings in southern Ontario comes from evidence presented in the case of 17 people accused of orchestrating street turmoil during the summits.
The court case ended Tuesday before it went to trial. Six of the defendants pleaded guilty to counselling mischief and two of those to an additional count of counselling to obstruct police, while 11 people had their criminal charges dropped.
Testimony previously under a publication ban describes how two undercover police officers — one male, one female — spent 18 months infiltrating southern Ontario community groups ahead of the June 26-27, 2010, gathering of world leaders.
They were part of a much larger so-called joint intelligence group (JIG) operation that the RCMP, in its internal post-summit review, called “likely the largest JIG ever assembled in Canada.” Continue reading »
Tags: Big Brother, Canada, G20, Global News, Government, Police, Police State, Politics, Society, Surveillance