The RCMP has charged four individuals, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, with terrorism and weapons-related offences in relation to “anti-government militia” activity.
Three individuals are facing charges of facilitating terrorist activity following an investigation led by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, the RCMP said in a July 8 news release.
Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, of Québec City, Simon Angers-Audet, 24, of Neuville, and Raphaël Lagacé, 25, of Québec City, were allegedly planning to create an “anti-government militia” and engaged in military-style training including ambush, survival, and navigation exercises, police said.
The activities were intended to “forcibly take possession of land in the Québec City area,” the release said….