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other freedoms. It must be noted, however. that any limitations (are]. in effect,
imposed by the good citizen upon himself.· 2 The ReMP believed that "Man should
be free to examine any issue. 10 criticize and to oppose any &roUP, &ovenunent or
nation as lone as he does so within the framework of rules he and his fellow citizens
have made. that is, without subvening the peace. order and good government of the
nation. oJ With regard 10 the German. Italian and homegrown Fascist groups. the
ReMP stated: -loyalty to one's country is very necessary; it is well, too, to booour
and pay tribute to other countries, but when one's love for another countty supersedes
that for his own and infringes in a material way lJPOn his fellow citizens' loyalty, then
there is disloyalty which. ifserious enough, is a crime punishable with severity. "4
The history of security and intelliJence in the ReMP dates back: to the World
War: I when the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) used its security and
intelligence capabilities agajnst 'enemy aliens' and labour activists, often equating
dissent with the foreign born. The ReMP Security Service (5.S.) was born out of the
tunnoil of 1919. especially the Winnipeg General Strike and wbat it represented.
Canada's security intel1iacnce capabilities changed dramatically during the course of
World War 1. growing from intermittent use 10 a much more centralized and
2RCMP. Low and 0'*". 3.
3RCMP. Law aNI Orrkr. 13.
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