Assembly of First Nations head rejects RCMP ‘regret’ for secret Indigenous surveillance program – CBC

Apr 16, 2026

AFN urges release of all intelligence files and public inquiry into federal policing and surveillance

An apology isn’t enough.

That’s the message the head of the Assembly of First Nations has sent the prime minister this week, rejecting the RCMP’s recent statement of regret for a secret surveillance program that targeted hundreds of Indigenous people starting in the late 1960s.

In an April 13 letter to Mark Carney demanding greater accountability, National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said a recent CBC Indigenous investigation into the RCMP Security Service’s so-called “Native extremism program” has angered First Nations across the country.

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