Editing Agent provocateur (section)

===Canada===
On August 20, 2007, during meetings of the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America]] in [[Montebello, Quebec|Montebello]], three police officers were revealed among the protesters by Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, and alleged to be {{lang |fr |provocateurs}}. The police posing as protestors wore masks and all black clothes; one was notably armed with a large rock. They were asked to leave by protest organizers.

After the three officers had been revealed, their fellow officers in riot gear handcuffed and removed them. The evidence that revealed these three men as "police {{lang |fr |provocateurs}}" was initially circumstantial-they were imposing in stature, similarly dressed, and wearing police boots.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/08/21/police_accused_of_using_provocateurs_at_summit.html | work=The Star | location=Toronto | title=Police accused of using provocateurs at summit | date=August 21, 2007 | access-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cbdtQvvHUQ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703172100/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cbdtQvvHUQ| archive-date=2014-07-03 | url-status=dead| location=Toronto | title=Canadian Agent Provocateurs caught in the act! SPP protest | date=June 3, 2011 | access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref> According to veteran activist [[Harsha Walia]], it was other participants in the black bloc who identified and exposed the undercover police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2010/03/features/diversity-tactics-diversity-opinions|title=A Diversity of Tactics - A Diversity of Opinions|work=rabble.ca|date=3 March 2010|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>

After the protest, the police force initially denied, then later admitted that three of their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators; they then denied that the officers were provoking the crowd and instigating violence.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/08/22/police_deny_using_39provocateurs39_at_summit.html | work=The Star | location=Toronto | title=Police deny using 'provocateurs' at summit | date=August 22, 2007 | access-date=December 15, 2010 | first=Joan | last=Bryden}}</ref> The police released a news release in French where they stated "At no time did the police of the Sûreté du Québec act as instigators or commit criminal acts" and "At all times, they responded within their mandate to keep order and security."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-police-admit-they-went-undercover-at-montebello-protest-1.656171 | work=CBC News | title=Quebec police admit they went undercover at Montebello protest | date=August 23, 2007}}</ref>

During the [[2010 G20 Toronto summit]], the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) arrested five people, two of whom were members of the [[Toronto Police Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/g20-report-clears-rcmp-but-raises-questions-over-kettling-1.1150680|title=G20 report clears RCMP but raises questions over 'kettling'|date=14 May 2012|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> City and provincial police, including the TPS, went on to arrest 900 people in the largest mass arrest in Canadian history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/news/g20-related-mass-arrests-unique-in-canadian-history/article1621198/|title=G20-related mass arrests unique in Canadian history|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref> The RCMP watchdog commission saw no indication that RCMP undercover agents or event monitors acted inappropriately.{{Dubious|date=March 2016}}