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PROFUNC (1950–1983〔Officer in Charge, "D" Operations; "(Memorandum to Area Commanders: Ref No. 6270-2-2 )", RCMP Security Service, 27 May 1983. Retrieved 19 October 2010, via CBC website.〕), which stands for "PROminent FUNCtionaries of the communist party", was a Government of Canada top secret plan to identify and intern Canadian communists and crypto-communists during the height of the Cold War.〔"(Secret Cold War plan included mass detentions )", ''CBC News'', 14 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.〕〔"(Enemies of the State )", ''The Fifth Estate'', 15 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.〕 ==History== With the 1945 Gouzenko Affair occurring in Canada, which was a main contributor to starting the Cold War〔"(The Gouzenko Affair )", ''Front Page Challenge'', 18 February 1958. Retrieved 19 October 2010, via CBC website.〕 and the threat of the Korean War becoming the precursor for the Third World War, the Government of Canada in 1950 determined a need to create the PROFUNC blacklist.〔〔 In the 1950s, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Stuart Taylor Wood, had a PROFUNC list〔"(PROFUNC Recapitulation )", RCMP Security Service, 15 May 1953. Retrieved 19 October 2010, via CBC website.〕 of approximately 16,000 suspected communists and 50,000 communist sympathizers〔Wood, Stuart T.; "(Draft Letter to Stuart S. Garson )", 15 February 1950. Retrieved 19 October 2010, via CBC website.〕 to be observed and potentially interned, in a national security state of emergency, such as a Third World War crisis with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Red China.〔〔 A separate arrest document, known formally as a C-215 form, was written up for each potential internee and updated regularly with personal information, including but not limited to, age, descriptions, photographs, vehicle information, until the 1980s.〔"(Former Manitoba AG on secret internment list )", ''CBC News'', 15 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.〕 In addition, more obscure information, such as, potential escape routes from the individuals personal residence were noted.〔 Several prominent Canadians are suspected of being on the PROFUNC list including: Winnipeg alderman Jacob Penner,〔 Roland Penner〔 and the founder of the New Democratic Party of Canada Tommy Douglas.〔 It is suspected that the PROFUNC blacklist was used to increase the number of people detained as Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) suspects during the 1970 October Crisis, in contravention of the presumption of innocence, many of whom had no affiliation with the FLQ.〔 The Canadian Penitentiary Service received an updated PROFUNC list from the RCMP in 1971 to make them aware of the number of potential internees.〔Parent, L. R.; "(Letter to the Canadian Penitentiary Service )", 12 November 1971. Retrieved 19 October 2010, via CBC website.〕 In the early 1980s, the then Toronto Liberal Member of Parliament and Solicitor General of Canada, Bob Kaplan, caused PROFUNC to become defunct〔 by introducing administrative changes entailing the RCMP to discontinue whatever was contributing to superannuated communists encountering problems while attempting to cross the Canada – United States border.〔 Kaplan claims to have had no knowledge of PROFUNC until advised of it by journalists in 2010 and that he was dismayed by its existence, "I just can’t believe it had any government authorization behind it", said Kaplan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PROFUNC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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