The four-million dollar rat - "The RCMP paid a civilian informant more than $4 million to help execute the sting operation that brought down a group of alleged terrorists in Toronto last summer... including $900,000 for a new house, $250,000 for his parents, and $40,000 to cover his wife's dental bills." [Macleans]

But is anyone actually surprised?

"RCMP spies shadowed Tommy Douglas, the fabled Prairie politician, for more than three decades, from his early days as a young firebrand through a tumultuous tenure as NDP leader." [Toronto Star]