Wednesday, May 18, 2005

"They are Fucking Barrel Suckers"

CTV has latest report on Dudley George shooting at Ipperwash.

Transcript of conversation between then incident commander, Insp. John Carson and Insp. Ron Fox in charge of Police Operations and the Ontario government's liaison for Native Affairs after coming from a meeting with top Conservative government officials and former Premiere Mike Harris:

Fox: "John, we're dealing with a real [emphasis according to his voice] red neck
government"

Carson: "Ok"

Fox: "They are fucking barrel suckers. They just are in love with guns"

Carson: "Ok"

Fox: "There's no question. They don't give a shit less about Indians"

Carson: "Ok. They just want us to kick ass"

Yet Mike Harris's lawyer say there is "no issue they could direct the O.P.P"

Oh yeah? What about the obstruction of justice that was in full play when the George family commenced their civil case?

So who is the "they" who wanted the O.P.P to kick ass?

When I chose to write to the United Nations for the C.E.D.A.W review, I contacted the Allied Iroquois and Associated Indians political affairs person. I let her know about the submission and we agreed that we would support each other. I told her that I was going to write about the Dudley George incident to clarify what kind of a government women were dealing with in Ontario and she agreed to contact native women's groups.

The following week it was announced on the front page of the Toronto Star that native women's groups were going to make a submission to the United Nation's C.E.D.A.W convention. Many concerns were noted in the report regarding native women in Canada, in particular British Columbia.

In a conversation with Ab Chabar, a City of London councilor and a sitting board member of the Ontario Legal Aid Committee at the time, he told me that Mike Harris "had the right to make a judgment call" regarding the Ipperwash crisis. I got him to reiterate it in writing in an email and I sent it to her. The main point is, he didn't deny that Harris made the decision against the natives in Ipperwash.

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