The judge accepts evidence submitted by undercover Members that the suspects wanted to kill Mounties and yet doesn't convict them of conspiracy to commit murder.

"Canada. Section 465 of the country's Criminal Code makes conspiracy to commit murder an indictable offence, punishable by a maximum term of life imprisonment."

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Two men have been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for their roles in the blockade of the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta.

"The judge said he also accepted as true Olienick’s comments to female undercover Mounties, in which he said he viewed the blockade as a war, that weapons were needed for credibility and that he would like to slit Mountie throats."

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An Alberta judge says evidence shows two men convicted for their roles at the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta., were ready for a shootout with police.