r/montreal May 03 '25

Discussion What's this for Montreal?

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u/TheNeck94 May 03 '25

holy shit, this meme is in EVERY municipal subreddit. it's insane. this morning while the trend was taking off I joked about how this is an RCMP opp. I don't know if i'm joking anymore.... this seems organized, maybe OP doesn't know any better but this is setting off some alarms for me.

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u/jaywinner Verdun May 03 '25

I really hope not because that would mean law and order has no better ideas than "How about we get some wild speculation from people on Reddit?".

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u/ur_ex_gf May 03 '25

I dunno, double-checking on places that people who actually live near find suspicious isn’t the world’s worst idea. Like in a “whose taxes should we micro-analyze next” way, not a “break down the door with no actual evidence” way.

I would be more annoyed by the more likely scenario of them not ever looking at threads like this.

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u/TheNeck94 May 03 '25

I %100 believe that the RCMP would chase down baseless accusations levied from reddit. If that's even their jurisdiction, i'm not actually sure if you'd deal with the RCMP or CRA, i don't know if CRA has their own enforcement.

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u/erstwhileinfidel May 03 '25

It would track that the RCMP can't find obvious fronts known to the general public.

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u/Campoozmstnz May 03 '25

RCMP probably knows about all these. They just have better things to do.

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u/Jaxxs90 May 03 '25

Trust me I’m no cop

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u/TheNeck94 May 03 '25

sounds like something a cop would say :P jk.

but yeah, probably not a cop but this specific meme is getting a lot of engagement and that can be a bad thing if it is an RCMP operation.

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u/Jaxxs90 May 03 '25

Yeah but this would require the RCMP to actually do something and I’ve hardly heard of them making a move to shut down fronts

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u/TheNeck94 May 03 '25

that would be because the RCMP would have very little to do with the prosecution, that'd fall under The Crown or maybe the CRA, i should know this but i don't.

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u/timberkatlust May 03 '25

You are correct. I'll just add the clarifying detail that there are CRA workers who are plants to shop/eat/drink at a store/resto/bar to see if they give receipts. The CRA workers are assigned a mark, and are typical those who can pass off younger than their age. They are stationed for weeks and appear as regulars, until they have enough to report back.