From policing cyber crime to tackling foreign interference and contract policing — are we asking too much of the RCMP? @spaikin.bsky.social puts the question to Jason Easton, @cattunney.bsky.social (CBC), and Kent Roach ( @uoftlaw.bsky.social) tonight at 8/11pm

What's behind the proposed changes to the RCMP's mandate and mission? At 8/11pm with national security reporter @cattunney.bsky.social (CBC), "Canadian Policing" author Kent Roach (@uoftlaw.bsky.social), former Trudeau senior advisor Jason Easton, and @spaikin.bsky.social.

Poilievre disagrees with conservative dean Preston Manning that a Carney win will fuel Western secession. @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

In an exclusive interview, Trudeau laid out why he believes the Mounties should get out of the boots-on-the ground policing they provide in provinces across the country and focus on national crimes instead. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canada's cyber intelligence agency is warning that countries including China, Russia and Iran will "very likely" lean on artificial intelligence to try and interfere in the upcoming federal election and mislead voters. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

Ex-min says CSIS's national security fears were key to his decision to deny Canadian a passport. Abousfian Abdelrazik is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to his mistreatment abroad @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

Not enough of you treat Little Women (2019) as a Christmas rewatch and it shows

Senators amend error in cybersecurity bill that could have cancelled half of it, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

One detail that struck me in this story is how Daniel was the only person covering the trial of a mafia hitman in a city the size of Montreal. To add to your list of the effects of dying local journalism: The fact covering this trial solo helped make him a target.

The RCMP says it's considering deploying Mounties-in-training to help police the Canada-U.S. border as political anxiety over border control mounts in the face of tariff threats from the incoming Trump administration. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Fate of cybersecurity bill targeting Huawei uncertain after senator finds 'drafting error,' @cattunney.bsky.social reports www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

Parole board to hear serial killer Paul Bernardo's latest bid for release, Bernardo has been designated a dangerous offender and denied parole twice already, @cattunney.bsky.social reports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

Public Safety Minister LeBlanc "has been assured by the chairperson of the Parole Board she is RECONSIDERING" decision to bar French and Mahaffy families from addressing Bernardo in person next week, says his office just now

Boissonnault out of cabinet after shifting claims about Indigenous heritage www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — tortured and killed in two of the most heinous crimes in modern Canadian history — argues his clients have a right to confront their daughters' killer in person. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Trial of alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' begins in Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service's objective was to keep Abousfian Abdelrazik detained in Sudan, a former diplomat who worked on the case testified Monday. Abdelrazik is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to his mistreatment abroad www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Conservative MPs frustrated after Poilievre bars them from promoting housing fund: sources. One party source says MPs are being prevented from helping cities 'for partisan reasons' www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

"We live for books." Umberto Eco. 🎨Friedrich Frotzel, The old book case, 1929.

Ottawa Playbook Scoop: Conservative MP Jamil Jivani catching up over lunch Wednesday with law school pal and Vice President-elect JD Vance in the Senate dining room. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The size and unique mandate of the RCMP makes this the largest and most ambitious rollout of body cameras in Canada. The RCMP's profile also likely means its program will attract added scrutiny over when the cameras are used and who gets access to the footage. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The former premier of B.C., John Horgan has died. More coming.

Fine. Let's do this.