Quebec City man charged with threatening Prime Minister Mark Carney
Ousmane Bah, 45, is accused of making death threats and promoting hatred in Facebook posts.
QUEBEC CITY — The RCMP have charged a Quebec City man with uttering death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney and promoting hatred against an identifiable group.
Ousmane Bah, 45, appeared in court in Quebec City on Sept. 24, police said.
He will remain in custody until his next court appearance on Oct. 1.
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What are the specific charges?
Bah is charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm to a person, the RCMP said in a media release.
He also faces a charge of wilfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group.
The RCMP said he made the remarks using his Facebook account.
What prompted the investigation?
The RCMP investigation began on July 6.
Over the summer, Bah posted a series of paragraphs on his Facebook account, according to CBC News.
In the posts, he expressed a personal vendetta against the prime minister and made repeated disparaging comments about "whites."
A federal court decision delivered in July detailed how he lost his job working for the Quebec government in March 2025 for misconduct.
The decision said his employer became concerned about some of his behaviour and statements, which included references to a plot against him involving the prime minister.
Bah subsequently contested his ineligibility for employment insurance payments, but his case was denied.
How common are threats against the prime minister?
This is at least the fourth time in recent months that someone has been arrested and accused of making threatening comments toward the prime minister.
Earlier this month, RCMP officers in Alberta arrested a Calgary resident and accused him of threatening to kill Carney.
In March, the RCMP arrested a Winnipeg man, Jason Paul Rindall, 55, for the same reason.
Another Quebec man, a Montrealer named Marc-André Porlier, was also charged in August after he allegedly made death threats against Carney and “all Canadian police officers.”
Nosy Mag reported in September that environmentalist David Suzuki expressed disillusionment with Prime Minister Mark Carney's climate policy reversals.
Bah is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 1.
With files from The Canadian Press, CityNews and CBC News