51-year-old charged with making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney

The RCMP say they began an investigation into the Montreal man last week.

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Canada's federal police force said Monday that they've arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly making death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Marc Porlier, of Montreal, was charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, an RCMP news release said.

The alleged threats were made in an email sent to a number of unnamed individuals, including a senator, police said in the news release.

Porlier was previously found guilty of arson and mischief after he set fire to a church in Toronto in 2017 (new window), police confirmed to CBC News. He was on probation for those crimes, an RCMP spokesperson said.

Porlier appeared in court on Saturday, the news release said. The charges haven't been proven in court.