Brett Forrester
Journalist with CBC Indigenous who reported on newly declassified RCMP racial intelligence files and investigative work revealing surveillance of Indigenous leaders in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 32min
How RCMP spies infiltrated Indigenous groups
Brett Forrester, CBC Indigenous reporter who uncovered declassified RCMP racial intelligence files, discusses covert surveillance of Indigenous leaders in the 1960s and 1970s. He outlines how informants, phone taps and provocateurs infiltrated political groups. He also covers legal gaps, institutional fallout and how those programs echo in today’s Crown-Indigenous relations.
