Local protestors call for inquiry into police actions in Quebec
Monday, August 27th, 2007BY STEPHANE MASSINON, The Daily News
Members of Halifax’s protest movement called Monday for an inquiry into police actions at a Quebec protest last week.
The Council of Canadians, Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, Halifax Peace Coalition and Ecology Action Centre were accompanied by the NDP and Green Party of Canada in calling for Ottawa to investigate why police officers infiltrated a protest of the Security and Prosperity Partnership and were seen inciting violent behaviour.
Related: Unmask the Montebello provocateurs and their bosses, says Green leader Elizabeth May
Ottawa - Green Party leader Elizabeth May today demanded a full investigation into the three masked men who posed as protesters and tried to incite a riot during this week’s peaceful demonstration at the Security and Prosperity Partnership summit in Montebello, Quebec.
“Canadians have a right to know who these men are, whose orders they were following, who knew about this tawdry operation and what they hoped to achieve,” said Ms. May.
“This is a blatant assault on our Charter-protected right of peaceful assembly and it cannot just be shrugged off with the bland official denials issued yesterday.
