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Ontario Premier Mike Harris, after almost five years of claiming to have had no involvement whatsoever with the events that led to the death of Dudley George at admitted in late December that he met with the commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police on the day George was shot to discuss the situation at Ipperwash Provincial Park.

A document obtained by lawyers representing the George family shows that the deputy attorney general of the province was also at the meeting and argued that the government should not interfere with the police.

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Ontario Premier Mike Harris, after almost five years of claiming to have had no involvement whatsoever with the events that led to the death of Dudley George at admitted in late December that he met with the commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police on the day George was shot to discuss the situation at Ipperwash Provincial Park.

A document obtained by lawyers representing the George family shows that the deputy attorney general of the province was also at the meeting and argued that the government should not interfere with the police.

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Now that the courts are done with the OPP officer who fired the shots that killed his brother, Pierre George wants some answers.

Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of Dudley George at a confrontation at Ipperwash Provincial Park in September of 1995.

Minutes after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected Deane?s final appeal, Pierre George called on the Prime Minister to call a federal public inquiry.

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Now that the courts are done with the OPP officer who fired the shots that killed his brother, Pierre George wants some answers.

Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of Dudley George at a confrontation at Ipperwash Provincial Park in September of 1995.

Minutes after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected Deane?s final appeal, Pierre George called on the Prime Minister to call a federal public inquiry.

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It took barely 10 minutes on Jan. 26 for the nine justices of the Supreme Court of Canada to decide they would not revisit the conviction of the Ontario Provincial Police officer who shot and killed Ipperwash protester Dudley George in September 1995.

"This appeal comes to us as of right," said Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin for the court. "Assuming without deciding that a voir dire should have been held, we all agree that this is a proper case to apply the proviso of Section 686(1)(b)(iii) of the Criminal Code. The appeal is dismissed. Court is adjourned."

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It took barely 10 minutes on Jan. 26 for the nine justices of the Supreme Court of Canada to decide they would not revisit the conviction of the Ontario Provincial Police officer who shot and killed Ipperwash protester Dudley George in September 1995.

"This appeal comes to us as of right," said Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin for the court. "Assuming without deciding that a voir dire should have been held, we all agree that this is a proper case to apply the proviso of Section 686(1)(b)(iii) of the Criminal Code. The appeal is dismissed. Court is adjourned."

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The door is wide open for the federal government to use the police to further political agendas in Canada, say opposition members and at least one former RCMP investigator.

Questions about how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force deals with the federal government have been raised in the House of Commons and elsewhere recently, as Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark continues to pound Prime Minister Jean Chretien for his role in helping secure a business loan for a constituent.

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The door is wide open for the federal government to use the police to further political agendas in Canada, say opposition members and at least one former RCMP investigator.

Questions about how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force deals with the federal government have been raised in the House of Commons and elsewhere recently, as Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark continues to pound Prime Minister Jean Chretien for his role in helping secure a business loan for a constituent.

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The national chief believes he can take control of the agenda when it comes to modernizing the Indian Act because his organization has a much better understanding of what First Nations need than does the Department of Indian Affairs.

National Chief Matthew Coon Come reports the Atlantic chiefs are willing to reserve judgement on the recently announced treaty process in Atlantic Canada.

It was revealing, he said, that it took a year-and-a-half for the federal government to come up with a forum for discussing how to react when the Supreme Court says a policy is legally wrong - which is essentially what happened in the Marshall decision.