The RCMP used unauthorized wiretaps and undercover officers to collect intelligence on protesters who blockaded the border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, earlier this year during the Freedom Convoy protests, court documents show.
A provincial judge unsealed the documents, obtained by the Globe and Mail and several media outlets, which were used by the police to obtain warrants for a raid on a group later charged for conspiracy to kill police officers.
“The group was said to have a willingness to use force against the police if any attempts were made to disrupt the blockade,” the law enforcement agency said in a press release on Feb. 14….