The Mounties make the admission in a briefing note prepared for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on the working relationship between the national police force and Fintrac.

The federal centre uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts by Canadians to take part in extremism abroad.

A Jewish advocacy group said it was “shocked” a Canadian charity remained registered despite a federal audit that alleged it was “controlled or influenced” by a Qatar-based group tied to Hamas.

“Under the veneer of safety lies dark secrets.” So said Joe Oliver earlier this week, talking about terrorism financing in Canada to a crowd in Toronto. Oliver revealed the number of suspected cases FINTRAC (Canada’s financial intelligence agency) flags for national security agencies has doubled over the last two years. But what’s way more interesting...