Sudbury Progressive Conservative candidate Gerry Labelle said he is not going to let the subject go.
He is still looking for an explanation from Sudbury Liberal MPP Rick Bartolucci about his "involvement" in the G20 Summit of world leaders in June 2010 in Toronto.
Labelle is also seeking an immediate apology from Bartolucci, minister of Community Safety and Cor rectional Services at the time, to "every member of the public affected by his secret and illegal actions."
Labelle issued a release Monday charging that Bartolucci passed a "secret law that led to the largest mass violation of our civil liberties in Canadian history."
Labelle has spoken out on this matter before and he said it still bothers him, so he is not going to let it drop.
In the release, Labelle charged that Bartolucci passed a law that was withheld from the public until "well after the G20 meetings."
Bartolucci left that portfolio soon after the summit and is now minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Labelle said the law Bartolucci passed as Community Safety minister resulted in the "unlawful arrest and detainment of hundreds, if not thousands of citizens of Toronto."
Not so, said Bartolucci, urging Labelle to get his "facts" straight.
While everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, "I don't think everyone's entitled to their own facts," the MPP fired back.
The regulation that Labelle is referring to was "anything but illegal," said Bartolucci, because it was passed by cabinet.
"What he fails to mention," Bartolucci said of Labelle, "is that, at most G20s, people are seriously injured and sometimes killed. Let's look at London, let's look at Spain."
Bartolucci recalled that the week before the G20 Summit, an ATM was bombed in Ottawa and people claiming to be responsible for it said "they were going to go to Toronto to wreak havoc."
Labelle said even Premier Dalton McGuinty was complicit in this "deceitful act that kept the public in the dark."
Bartolucci insists police at the G20 summit conducted themselves according to the "law of the land."
Source: www.thesudburystar.com
He is still looking for an explanation from Sudbury Liberal MPP Rick Bartolucci about his "involvement" in the G20 Summit of world leaders in June 2010 in Toronto.
Labelle is also seeking an immediate apology from Bartolucci, minister of Community Safety and Cor rectional Services at the time, to "every member of the public affected by his secret and illegal actions."
Labelle issued a release Monday charging that Bartolucci passed a "secret law that led to the largest mass violation of our civil liberties in Canadian history."
Labelle has spoken out on this matter before and he said it still bothers him, so he is not going to let it drop.
In the release, Labelle charged that Bartolucci passed a law that was withheld from the public until "well after the G20 meetings."
Bartolucci left that portfolio soon after the summit and is now minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Labelle said the law Bartolucci passed as Community Safety minister resulted in the "unlawful arrest and detainment of hundreds, if not thousands of citizens of Toronto."
Not so, said Bartolucci, urging Labelle to get his "facts" straight.
While everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, "I don't think everyone's entitled to their own facts," the MPP fired back.
The regulation that Labelle is referring to was "anything but illegal," said Bartolucci, because it was passed by cabinet.
"What he fails to mention," Bartolucci said of Labelle, "is that, at most G20s, people are seriously injured and sometimes killed. Let's look at London, let's look at Spain."
Bartolucci recalled that the week before the G20 Summit, an ATM was bombed in Ottawa and people claiming to be responsible for it said "they were going to go to Toronto to wreak havoc."
Labelle said even Premier Dalton McGuinty was complicit in this "deceitful act that kept the public in the dark."
Bartolucci insists police at the G20 summit conducted themselves according to the "law of the land."
Source: www.thesudburystar.com
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