He added that Wortman’s transaction is consistent with the Mountie’s experience in how the RCMP pays its assets. “I’ve worked a number of CI cases over the years and that’s how things go. All the payments are made in cash. To me that transaction alone proves he has a secret relationship with the force.”

A second Mountie, who does not know the first one but who has also been involved in CI operations, also believes that Wortman’s ability to withdraw a large sum of money from Brink’s is an indication that Wortman had a link with the police. “That’s tradecraft,” the Mountie said, explaining that by going through CIBC Intria, the RCMP could avoid typical banking scrutiny, as there are no holds placed on the money.

“That’s what we do when we need flash money for a buy. We don’t keep stashes of money around the office. When we suddenly need a large sum of money to make a buy or something, that’s the route we take. I think [with the Brink’s transaction] you’ve proved with that single fact that he had a relationship with the police. He was either a CI or an agent.”

For the sake of argument, let's say that he was a secret agent. So what should I take away from this? The shooting itself was an RCMP operation? To me that doesn't make sense because there's no amount of money you can give a person to do what this shooter did and think they can get away with it. Also, what would be the aim of this operation? Gun control? Canada is so far gone into commie fascism that they don't need to cook up melodrama to tighten restrictions further. Maybe I'm missing some piece of the puzzle. I'm all for a good conspiracy, so if anybody has a good yarn, I'm all ears.