And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 06:26:43 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Judge grants Premier delay: DUDLEY GEORGE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Judge grants Harris delay in George case Ruling angers family of slain Indian protestor June 10, 1999 By Kerry Gillespie Toronto Star Staff Reporter A Superior Court judge has agreed to a request by Premier Mike Harris' lawyers for an extended delay in providing a list of documents relating to a lawsuit filed by the family of slain Indian protestor Dudley George. In granting the delay yesterday, until an appeal to remove Harris from the lawsuit is settled, Madam Justice Gloria Epstein said the allegations against Harris are some of the most serious that can be laid against a public official. In her judgment, she noted that Harris might be removed from the suit, but the ``potentially embarrassing information,'' which might come to light through the documents can never be taken back. The move comes a day after Epstein put Harris' lawyers through a series of tough questions. On Tuesday, she said, ``We have to apply the laws equally,'' and asked Harris' lawyers if they were asking for special treatment for the Premier. The George family's lawsuit alleges Harris personally ordered the Ontario Provincial Police to use its paramilitary tactical response unit to confront protestors at Ipperwash Provincial Park during a standoff in 1995, a move they allege resulted in George's death. George's brother Sam, who was present in court for Epstein's ruling yesterday, said the laws were not applied equally and the judgment was a ``bending of the rules. ``Today, I've watched special status being given to an individual by the judicial system. They talked about (Harris') rights, what about my brother's rights? ``They took his rights away when they took his life,'' George said. Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP officer on Sept. 6, 1995 when officers confronted 30 unarmed Indian men, women and children protesting the desecration of their ancestors' burial grounds at Ipperwash. In her ruling, Epstein said, ``While it is important that the full circumstances surrounding the incident at Ipperwash are aired in the public forum of our courts, a delay will not prevent that. The facts will come out.'' Murray Klippenstein, the George family lawyer, disagreed and said the delay hurts the lawsuit. The delay is effective until the court decides whether an appeal will be granted on a request to remove Harris and two of his ministers from the lawsuit. Arguments on that matter will be heard June 16. Dennis Brown, Harris' lawyer, has denied engaging in any deliberate delay tactics. Though Epstein found in favour of Harris' lawyers, she did not award costs to them. ``(They) have been successful but they have also been granted what may be considered an indulgence relieving them of their obligations to comply with otherwise mandatory requirements concerning discovery of documents.'' "Let Us Consider The Human Brain As A Very Complex Photographic Plate" 1957 G.H. Estabrooks www.angelfire.com/mn/mcap/bc.html FOR K A R E N #01182 who died fighting 4/23/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aches-mc.org 807-622-5407 Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&