{"id":12384,"date":"2010-07-05T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T17:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=12384"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:09:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:09:07","slug":"lorinc-10-questions-a-g20-inquiry-should-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/05\/lorinc-10-questions-a-g20-inquiry-should-address\/","title":{"rendered":"LORINC: 10 questions a G20 inquiry should address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/toronto\/feature-g20aftermath-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/wvs.topleftpixel.com\/photos\/2010\/06\/g20_foolocker_broken_girl_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/toronto\/feature-lorinc.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"85\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In recent Canadian history, three previous political demonstrations led to confrontations with police and subsequent legal actions or official inquires: the 2003 inquiry by the Ontario government into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca\/inquiries\/ipperwash\/mandate\/index.html\">1995 killing of Dudley George<\/a> during a First Nations protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park; the  RCMP Complaints Commission inquiry into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca\/prr\/rep\/phr\/apec\/fr-rf-eng.aspx\">the arrest of 52 protesters<\/a> at a 1997 demonstration during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vancouver; and the trial of <a href=\"http:\/\/update.ocap.ca\/node\/337\">anti-poverty activist John Clarke<\/a> following a militant demonstration at Queen\u2019s Park on June, 15, 2000 (the charges were stayed).<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angus-reid.com\/polls\/view\/35709\/police_reaction_in_toronto_justified_for_canadians\">general public\u2019s apparent indifference<\/a> to alleged Charter violations that occurred during the G20 Summit, many important questions remain unanswered, and simply cannot be thoroughly addressed through the internal investigation\/deputation process promised by the Toronto Police Services Board. Here\u2019s my top ten list:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> What role, if any, did OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino (and former Toronto police chief) play in the decision-making about police operations on the Sunday of the summit?<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Did City of Toronto public health\/building officials inspect the alterations to the film studio\/detention centre prior to the summit weekend, what were their recommendations, and did they ensure these were followed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Did the Prime Minister\u2019s Office issue any kind of directive to the Integrated Security Unit (ISU) during the course of the weekend in response to reports about violence in the downtown, and what was the content of the order?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Did Toronto Police or members of the ISU command instruct the Toronto Fire Department to not extinguish the fires in the cruisers or in any way prevent access to the burning vehicles?<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>What role, if any, did the Toronto Police Services Board play in the   decisions made about the use of Toronto Police Service resources  during  the summit?<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Did the ISU have a pre-established strategy for the deployment of Toronto police officers during the summit weekend, and was that strategy followed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <\/strong>Is there any evidence that the ISU possessed reliable intelligence about the tactics used by the Black Bloc or other militant anti-globalization organizations but deliberately chose not to share this information with downtown merchants, residents and property owners?<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. <\/strong>What was the empirical and intelligence basis of the federal government\u2019s decision about the size of the security force assigned to the summit?<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Did the ISU seek out legal opinions about the treatment of detained demonstrators prior to the summit weekend, and, if so, what was the content of the advice proffered?<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> What role did senior City of Toronto officials, including those in the  mayor\u2019s office, play in the decision to halt transit service into the  core on Saturday afternoon?<\/p>\n<p>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/wvs.topleftpixel.com\/10\/06\/28\/\">Sam Javanrouh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent Canadian history, three previous political demonstrations led to confrontations with police and subsequent legal actions or official inquires: the 2003 inquiry by the Ontario government into the 1995 killing of Dudley George during a First Nations protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park; the RCMP Complaints Commission inquiry into the arrest of 52 protesters at<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/05\/lorinc-10-questions-a-g20-inquiry-should-address\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;LORINC: 10 questions a G20 inquiry should address&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21759,2],"tags":[15499,1405,15495,2211,888,15498,651,7408,156,15453,15497,4865,404,636,1177,15500,15496,316,15494,663,19,15493,1643,6322,3743,54],"class_list":["post-12384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-politics","tag-1995-00-00","tag-activist","tag-asia-pacific-economic-cooperation","tag-chief","tag-commissioner","tag-dudley-george","tag-federal-government","tag-g20","tag-g20-summit","tag-integrated-security-unit","tag-john-clarke","tag-julian-fantino","tag-official","tag-ontario","tag-ontario-government","tag-opp","tag-prime-ministers-office","tag-queen","tag-rcmp-complaints-commission","tag-sam-javanrouh","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-fire-department","tag-toronto-police","tag-toronto-police-service","tag-toronto-police-services-board","tag-vancouver"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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