[news] RCMP Spied on Early Women's Movement

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Monday, August 4, 2008 - Canadian Press

RCMP spies infiltrated Canada's women's movement in the early 1970s, monitoring meetings and rallies to keep an eye on feminists, including the popular Maritime singer-songwriter Rita MacNeil, new research into declassified documents shows...It has long been known that the now-defunct [RCMP Security Service] spied on a vast array of groups — from trade unionists to student associations — during the Cold War with the aim of gauging the potential threat from left-wing subversives...The force opened the file "Women's Liberation Groups — Canada" on May 13, 1969.  


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