N.S. Coalition Say Quebec Undercover Cops Create 'chill' on Public.
HALIFAX (CP) - A coalition of social activists in Nova Scotia is calling for an independent inquiry into the tactics used by undercover police during a protest at the North American Leader's Summit last week in Montebello, Que.
Vince Calderhead, a legal aid lawyer who works in the human rights field, said Monday that the actions of three Quebec provincial police officers last week have helped create a "chilling effect" on the right to freely assemble.
Using the officers to infiltrate the demonstration was aimed at manufacturing a "shroud of criminality" over a legitimate protest, Calderhead told a news conference, attended by various anti-poverty, labour, environmental and human rights groups.
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