The RCMP wants to spy on Canadian “extremists” with fake online personas, according to an internal document from the national police force, CBC reported, noting that “experts” in ideologically motivated violent extremism (IMVE) are applauding the plan because online threats could become reality.

But civil liberty defenders say the strategy could be a means of police entrapment and a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights. Canada’s privacy commissioner flagged the RCMP for its online investigations and are demanding that the RCMP be subject to judicial oversight. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is also committed to spying on social conservatives who support parental rights and oppose gender ideology and child sex changes.