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THE FIFTH ESTATECRA leadership knew of major gaps in fraud detection as agency paid out bogus refunds, records show
In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue Agency were so concerned it had wrongly authorized bogus refunds of tens of millions of dollars that they wrote confidential briefing notes stating that the agency was plagued by significant "gaps" in its ability to spot — and stop — scammers, records show.
FIFTH ESTATERCMP videos show how extremist ideology fuelled armed Coutts protesters
RCMP videos and evidence photos obtained by The Fifth Estate reveal the extent to which conspiracy theories fuelled men arrested at the 2022 border blockade in Coutts, Alta. While they were found not guilty of conspiring to murder RCMP officers, experts tell The Fifth Estate the case is a warning about the potential for violence posed by extremist ideologies.
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Video‘Too deep down the rabbit hole’
This is footage from an RCMP interrogation video obtained by The Fifth Estate. Here, Chris Carbert tells police about his real fears of the evil elites.
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VideoCoutts extremist views revealed in RCMP interview
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VideoPolice recognize threat, but not their own shortfalls: researcher
