In an alleged scathing open letter, two RCMP officers—Sgt. Peter Merrifield and retired Det. Paul McNamara—called for the immediate resignation of nine current and former Liberal Cabinet Ministers, citing “serious breaches of Canadian Law” that allegedly placed Canadian lives at risk and compromised national security.
The letter, addressed directly to Prime Minister Mark Carney, challenges his leadership and calls on him to “demonstrate that you are not the same old government of the past nine years that has failed to protect Canada.”
The document outlines explosive allegations against high-ranking members of the Carney administration, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Justice Minister Arif Virani, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. The officers accuse these officials of failing to act on critical national security information involving Chinese foreign interference and the mishandling of protected intelligence related to the “Meng Wanzhou–Two Michaels” crisis.
“Several innocent Canadians have been placed at risk of direct retaliation by Chinese foreign intelligence and security agencies,” the letter states. “Had any of your Ministers acted in the two years prior to October of 2024 when their intervention was requested… they would have stopped innocent Canadians from being identified for their activities and knowledge of Canadian covert intelligence operations in China.”
Merrifield and McNamara argue that the handling of the controversy involving Liberal MP Paul Chiang—a former police officer accused of advocating for the abduction of a political opponent to a foreign state—already shows a “lack of political and government experience.”
“You hesitated and did not publicly demonstrate the recognition of the seriousness of the offence,” the letter says.
Nine Ministers Named
The letter details a list of alleged failures, ranging from the misuse of electronic spyware on labor union officials to the unauthorized public release of sensitive Section 38 national security documents. The officers claim these actions—or inactions—violate both ministerial directives and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Among the most serious allegations is that CSIS mishandled covert operations in China and provided false information to the US State Department. This, they say, led to the wrongful termination of a Canadian former police officer working for the US embassy.
The ministers named in the letter include:
- Marco Mendicino (Public Safety)
- Dominic LeBlanc (Public Safety)
- Bill Blair (Public Safety)
- David McGuinty (NSICOP, Public Safety)
- Anita Anand (Treasury Board)
- Steven MacKinnon (Labour)
- Mélanie Joly (Foreign Affairs)
- Arif Virani (Justice)
- Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister)
RCMP, CSIS, and a War of Intelligence Failures
The officers allege that Canada’s national intelligence agencies are not only dysfunctional but engaged in dangerous political and legal overreach. “This questionable Chinese interference file was manufactured by CSIS,” the document states, “who mishandled critical national security intelligence during the Meng Wanzhou–Two Michaels crisis.”
One of the most damning accusations is that sensitive and unredacted intelligence was released to the public by the RCMP’s Quebec National Security Unit and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, in direct violation of Section 38 of the Canada Evidence Act.
The letter challenges Carney to take immediate action: “If indeed you are presenting Canadians a choice of ‘something new,’ then take action now rather than making election campaign promises to ‘look into it’ later.”
Both Merrifield and McNamara offered to provide documents and communications as evidence to support their claims. So far, there has been no official response from the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Last time we heard from these guys, Merriweather had his Uber account hacked and cried to the CBC about it. The time before that they were suing the feds cuz they lost their jobs and security clearance. They def seem like the angry letter types.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-spyware-mcnamara-merrifield-1.7500360