{"id":853239,"date":"2026-08-10T18:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/853239\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:30:16","slug":"51-year-old-charged-with-making-death-threats-against-prime-minister-mark-carney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/853239\/","title":{"rendered":"51-year-old charged with making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s federal police force has arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney.<\/p>\n

Threats came in an email to a senator, police said\"\"Darren Major<\/a> \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Aug 10, 2026 12:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago\"Text<\/p>\n

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\"AThe RCMP say they began an investigation into the Montreal man last week. (RCMP)<\/p>\n

Canada’s federal police force said Monday that they’ve arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney.<\/p>\n

Marc Porlier, of Montreal, was charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, an RCMP news release said. <\/p>\n

The alleged threats were made in an email sent to a number of unnamed individuals, including a senator, police said in the news release.<\/p>\n

Porlier was previously found guilty of arson and mischief after he set fire to a church in Toronto in 2017<\/a>, police confirmed to CBC News. He was on probation for those crimes, an RCMP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Porlier appeared in court on Saturday, the news release said. The charges haven’t been proven in court.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR\"\"<\/p>\n

Darren Major is a senior writer for CBC’s parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. He previously worked as a digital reporter for CBC Ottawa and a producer for CBC’s Power & Politics. He holds a master’s degree in journalism and a bachelor’s degree in public affairs and policy management, both from Carleton University. He also holds a master’s degree in arts from Queen’s University. He can be reached at darren.major@cbc.ca.<\/p>\n

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