MK-ULTRA: Ottawa, Health Centre Seek to Dismiss Montreal Brainwashing Lawsuit

MK-ULTRA: Ottawa, Health Centre Seek to Dismiss Montreal Brainwashing Lawsuit
Glenn Landry holds up a picture of his mother, Catherine Harter, in Montreal, on Sept. 12, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they’re running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and the McGill University Health Centre have filed motions to dismiss their lawsuit.

Glenn Landry’s mother, Catherine Elizabeth Harter, was among the hundreds of people to receive experimental treatments under the MK-ULTRA program, funded by the Canadian government and the CIA between the 1940s and 1960s at Montreal’s Allan Memorial Institute, which was affiliated with McGill University.