Tory, Liberal attempts to root out former BQ members among NDP ranks similar to Cold War tracking of politicians like Tommy Douglas

Federal Court rules government should release secret files on former Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas. 'Much can be said of his accomplishments,' says Justice Simon Noel.

PARLIAMENT HILL—A Federal Court judgment Wednesday that was critical of RCMP spying on the NDP’s founding leader Tommy Douglas sparked New Democrats to compare Cold War tracking of politicians and suspected communist sympathizers decades ago to Conservative and Liberal attempts ...

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