CRM 2305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ipperwash Crisis, Legal Certainty
30 Mar 2016
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Intersection between independence of policing services to make decisions about heir operations and politics. This notion of policing independence has a degree of legality: policing independence is the main legal definition, however there are expectations where politicians have interfered. Main points: despite the legal certainty we have policies that take an ad hoc character (they make up rules when political crisis arise) Related to stony creek events that occurred in 1995. Very strong anger against the resolution at oka. Very strong public sympathy with the mohawks. Dining room meeting: harris called some select people to have an informal secret meeting. The next day, the opp engaged in a midnight raid. It is not a criminal trial, no criminal liabilities, they are fact finding missions. This inquiry"s goal is to establish truths and facts. And who said what: found that the meeting was inappropriate. Conclusion: racism and the opp response. Confiscated lands from 1942 have been returned to stoney creek.
