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April 16, 2008 Dave Coles, the CEP president who unmasked a police officer posing as a rock-wielding protestor at Montebello last August, has filed an official complaint with the Police Ethics Commissioner about the use of agents provocateurs by the Sureté de Québéc. “The conduct of these officers violates the Code of Ethics of Québec Police Officers, established under the Police Act,” said Coles in an April 15 release. “Their conduct may also be criminal, including theft, assault, making threats, and various acts of provocation.” In the complaint, Coles points out: “these police officers appear to have been directed by their superiors to infiltrate a peaceful protest and public demonstration taking place at Montebello, Québec. For that reason my complaint is not only directed at the police officers themselves, but also at their superiors and others who were responsible for planning, directing and overseeing the conduct of the officers at the Montebello protest.” Coles linked the lack of information we have about who ordered police to infiltrate and potentially incite the protest to the ongoing secrecy around the SPP, especially on the decisions around energy policy being made behind closed doors. “One area of particular concern to CEP is the whole question of our country’s energy supply,” said Coles in the press release. “We have been working for a couple of years on this file and I’ll tell you frankly that what has been happening while no one is paying attention is ruinous. “Plans are underway for the construction of three pipelines to carry unprocessed oil to the U.S., where it can be processed and jobs created. The construction of these pipelines by oil giants TransCanada and Enbridge has been rubber stamped by the National Energy Board which has shown complete disregard for the public interest.” Energy policy is also of great concern to Canadians, who overwhelmingly support export and foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian supplies, according to a new Council of Canadians poll. .
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CEP files official complaint against “agents provocateurs” in Montebello
