[NYTr] Canadian Minister rejects calls for probe of covert cop provocateurs

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Winnepeg Sun - Aug 25, 2007
http://winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2007/08/25/4445125-sun.html

Day rejects calls for probe of undercover officers

OTTAWA -- Canada's Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day is ignoring 
calls for an investigation into the case of three undercover cops 
accused of trying to provoke clashes between riot police and protesters 
at this week's political summit in Montebello. 

Quebec's provincial police Surete du Quebec admitted late Thursday 
afternoon that three officers were dressed as militant-looking, bandana-
clad protesters at the North American Leaders' Summit of Prime Minister 
Stephen Harper and the U.S. and Mexico presidents. The Quebec force had 
initially denied the three men were officers, despite a union-recorded 
video showing them fleeing into a police line after they were cornered 
during Monday's demonstrations and denounced by other protesters 
as "agent provocateurs" of the police.