Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday july 12, 2004 Canada / world a7 judicial inquiry to hear new Ippe Wash evidence unarmed native protester killed by Opp 9 years ago pm to decide soon on missile defence by Alexander Panetta Ottawa ? just Days after the Federal election prime minis Ter Paul Martin informed american officials he would soon decide whether Canada will join the missile defence program. Sources on both sides of the Border indicate privately that Canadian participation is seen As a near certainty and a government website has already begun extolling the benefits of the missile shield. But an aide to Martin insisted the prime minister was non committal when he called . Ambassador Paul Cellucci last week and suggested that ? with a fall deadline looming ? Canada was approaching its decision. He provided no Assurance of any kind whatsoever with respect to timing ? period said Martin adviser Scott Reid. He did not provide Assurance it would be Canadian press archives the prime minister merely called to discuss a wide Range of George killed by police bullets Canada-. Issues following the election Reid said and to return a congratulatory phone Call Days earlier from Cellucci by taken office. Following the Liberal Victory. There was a flurry of top level meetings and Martin spent much of the election Campaign dismissing and urgent phone Calls and police decided to move suggestions that the missile defence program would Lead to Thein on the Park and forcibly eject the natives. Weapons nation of space. In the ensuing night time Melee sgt. Ken the first step toward Canadian participation in the project Deane shot George an action that would even would require expanding the Canada-. Norad program totally Lead to a conviction for criminal neg i link existing warning systems based in Colorado to newly con gence and his resignation from the police Force. Strutted missile installations. No ambulance would respond to George who a decision must be made before october when the first of up was bleeding to death. Frantic family members to 20 interceptors will be inaugurated at military Sites in Cali shoved him into a car and drove him to Hospi fornia and Alaska. Tal where they were arrested and George a senior Federal source said Martin agrees with Norad changes would become Canadas first aboriginal pro which would open the door to Canadian military personnel join tester killed by police in a Century. Ing their . Colleagues in administering the program. The family has always insisted ? and Harris there Are fears in Ottawa that refusing to join would trigger has always strenuously denied ? it was at his the demise of Norad which for decades has been a Backbone of direction and despite advice to the contrary Canadian defence policy. That police raided the Park. Later phases of the plan Call for More detection Sites through out the world and for adding missile defence systems at sea and in .-Friendly countries. ? Canadian press ? Canadian press 20042004 jeep it Cruiser grand Cherokee $21,895 Rocky edition 4.0l 6 cyl., upgraded int., roof rack by Colin Perkel a judicial inquiry that kicks off this week will confirm once and for All a link Between the Ontario government and the police killing of an unarmed aboriginal protester almost nine years ago says a lawyer who has doggedly pursued the Issue for years. The link will be based in part on evidence never before made Public said Murray Klip Penstein who acts for family members of the dead Man. The events and ideas and words at Queens Park Are going to be Central to an understand ing of what happened at Ippe Wash Park and Why Dudley George was shot and killed said Klippenstein. There will be some tapes of conversations coming out that Haven to come out before that should have come out Many years it was on a night in september 1995 that two police bullets ripped into the 38-year-old George. The shots killed him destroyed the career of a police officer and tarnished the reputation of then Premier Mike Harris and his conservative government. In an interview Harris a lawyer said he was unaware of any new evidence. He vigorously disputed Long standing claims from Georges family that the former Premier had a direct hand in the police raid that ended with Georges death. The allegations against our client have been nothing More or less than a political smear said Peter downard. We expect that at the end of the Day the Brand new so 2.0 biweekly $89 inquiry is going to find facts showing that har Ris acted appropriately getting the facts will be instrumental As jus Tice Sidney Linden finally attempts to answer a question that has haunted the family of the dead Man Why was he killed to this Day i have not been Able to Stop ask ing Why our brother Dudley was killed Sam George said recently. I believed then and i believe now that Dud Ley did not need to the answers should have resonance across the country said Klippenstein. Its an accountability Issue at very High lev Els and that concerns everybody in this province and everybody in this country he said. When things like this happen its danger Ous if people like that think they wont be held Ontario provincial police moved in on the group of unarmed native protesters occupying Ippe Wash provincial Park on the Pristine shores of Lake Huron on sept. 6, 1995. The Park land which had earlier been confiscated from the chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point first nation and turned into an army Camp during the second world War contained a burial ground. The natives George among them considered the ground sacred. With the occupation occurring at the end of the Park season provincial police remained Content to watch. However the protest caused consternation at the Ontario legislature in Toronto where the tory government under Harris had Only recent 2004 Chrysler Sebring $19,998 $143 $159 biweekly Ltd. De. Wheels Side tubes & More. Stk.#a5778 $28,995 2004 Chrysler concorde Lxi 3.5l v6, sentry key system Chrome wheels & fully equipped. Stk.#a5784 $21,995 Cleo is a 1 year old spayed lab. She is very energetic and will make a great family pet. 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