+

Refer allegations
_ to provinces

OTTAWA (CP)
SolicitorGeneral Francis
Fox said Monday he has
received a number of
allegations of further illegal
acts by the RCMP.

But he told reporters
outside the Commons that
he has no intention of saying
what these allegations ate.

Fox said they would be re-
ferred to provincial at-
torneysgeneral and to

rovincial and federal
Led RCMP. wrongdoing.

wrongdoing.
“The solictor-general was
besieged in the Commons b:

estions about an R
break-in to obtain computer
tapes with Parti Quebecois
membership lists, the

buming of a barn and a
dynamite theft.

He said outside the House
that allegations of RCMP
wrongdoing come from all
10 provinces and “some
may be found to be true.”’

le said it would be up to
the provincial justice
departments to act on the
allegations and up to the
inquiries to determine if
they are well-founded.
NEED A BILL

Fox said the government
“is going to have to bring a
bill before Parliament”

enlarging the scope of ac-
tivities the R can un-
dertake legally.

Such a law would contain
provisions for the RCMP-to
go to a judge to obtain
permission to commit acts
which otherwise would be
considered illegal where
national security is in-

volved, he said.
He said, though, that he
would await recom-

mendations of the federal
inquiry into RCMP

wrongdoing headed by Mr.

Justice David McDonald
before acting.

Such a law would require
ftrict controls and would
ng up many questions,
suchas the possible abuse of
civil liberties, he conceded.

“We would need an im-
partial organization to

termine if extraordinary
measures are needed, and in
Canada that can be found in
the judiciary,” he said.
CITED TERRORISTS

He cited international
terrorists communicating
by as hypothetical instance
where the RCMP might
require special sanction to
open
examp!

private letters, for |
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RCMP under fire

COMMONS ATTACKS GOVERNMENT
OVER MORE RCMP ILLEGAL ACTS

OTTAWA (CP) — The
Opposition launched an all-
out attack on the govern-
ment Monday night after it
‘was disclosed that the
RCMP participated in two
more apparently illegal
acts. |

The Commons went into
emergency debate on ac-
tions of the RCMP after
Solicitor-General Francis -
Fox confirmed reports that
the foree may have broken
the law in burning a barn
and stealing dynamite.

Opposition Leader Joe
Clark quoted television
reports as saying the force
may be involved in yet
another break-in.

He said a_ television
station said that in 1971 the
premises of the Common
Front of Jabor unions in
Montreal was broken into
and documents taken.

Clark said documents
were handed over to the
Quebec government of the
day, according to the’
television report.m$$$3 3
anation sought

Labor officials under
top secret investigation

OTTAWA (CP) — The

_ head of a top-secret federal

intelligence agency may be
investigating three senior
British Columbia labor
officials on behalf of the
B.C. government, New
Democrat Stuart Leggatt
told the Commons Monday
night.

Leggatt quoted from a
memorandum labelled
secret and addressed to
Allan Williams, labor
minister in the province’s
Social Credit government,
from Robin Bourne, director

of the security. planning:and: ,

he eg
Ley

RCMP
opening
mail? —

OTTAWA (CP)
SolicitorGeneral Francis
Fox said Monday that “to
the -best of our knowledge”
the RCMP has not opened
mail going to Attorney-
General Jim Foster of
Alberta or placed him under
electronic surveillance.

He said the RCMP deputy
commissioner for criminal
operations had investigated

egations that Foster, who
ordered a royal commission
inquiry involving the RCMP
last spring, had been subject
to surveillance by the
RCMP.

Fox was answering
Commons questions by
Elmer MacKay (PC—
Central Nova). .

The solicitor-general did
not absolutely deny that
such acts had taken place
but he said that “‘to the best
of our knowledge” there was
no basis to the reports.

Foster ‘called the royal
commission into the han-
dling of a 1975 investigation
into
a

oyal American Shows,
operation touring

based midway
Prairies. The attorney-

the

eneral said evidence pad .

nso “tainted” that ‘the
province could not follow
through on charges that
Royal American had paid
off Al Anderson of Ed-
monton, who ran
Klondike Days exhibition in

‘Edmonton.

Officials in Foster's
department were advised by
the ministers to put their
notes and documents
relating to the Royal
American case in bank
vaults to protect them
against theft by “plum-
bers.”

anlysis branch in Solicitor-
General Francis Fox’s
department.

e branch was set up six
years ago to analyse data
gathe by the RCMP,
other police forces and the
military intelligence net
work in what the govern-
ment said is a campaign
against subversion.

The memo, which Leggatt
related to a prolonged eIry
strike in B.C., said the
Bourne group had com-
pleted an investigation of

aul Weiler, chairman of
‘the British :Golumbia Labor

Relations Board. -

‘Your request pertaining
to Mssrs. L. Guy and J.
Fryer are being processed
at the moment and will also
be forwarded to your office —
as soon as possible.” -

- Len Guy is secretary-
treasurer of the B.C,

Federation of Labor and |

John Fryer is general
secretary of the provincial
government employees’
union.

.The memo was dated Oct
13 and bore the heading:
‘Special intelligenc
repo! ” .

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Clark asked for can-.

firmation from Fox and
asked a long series of
questions that amounted to
a demand for an explanation
of minsterial responsibility
for the actions of the RCMP.

He said the government
has been reluctant to
provide information.

SAYS TRUST LOST
Broadbent sald the trust
that Canadians should have
in their prime minister ‘has
now een completely
shattered” because Prime
Minister Trudeau knew
about the break-in of Parti
Quebecois offices nine or 10
days ago, but did not report
it immediately to

: Parliament.

He said the break-in
showed a breach of two
elementary principles: The
rule af law that all citizens,
including politicians anc
police, must obey the law
and a moral obligation of
ministers to tell Parliament
immediately when public
servants break the law.

He asked ‘what could be
more arbitrary, more
of a political party that is
trying to win the hearts and
minds of Quebecers to
separate from Canada.

Earlier, Progressive Con-
servative MP Elmer
MacKay said in the Com-
mons that a live electronic
surveillance device had
been discovered in an arm-
chair in pis office.

And Fox was grilled on the
RCMP issue for the entire
55-minute question period as
the opposition bombarded
the government with
demands for a_ broader
inquiry into RCMP security
service actions.

FOX DEFENDS RCMP.
Fox struck back with an
impassioned defence of the
RCMP, accusing the op-
position of taking’ a
destructive approach but
declining to provide detailed
answers to matters raised
by Clark and Broadbent,

He said the opposition
wants to bring in iyidual

officers to trial on the floor
of the House of Commons
without a chance to defend
themselves.

One role of the special
inquiry under Mr. Justice
David McDonald will be to
allow members of the force
to explain their actions and
present their side of the
story, he said.

Fox said it should not be
forgotten that the over-
whelming majority of
RCMP investigations are
carried out lawfully.

Earlier, Progressive Con-
servative MP Elmer
MacKay disclosed in the
Commons that a_ live
electronic surveillance
device had been discovered
in an armchair in his office.

And Fox was grilled on the
RCMP issue for the entire
§5-minute question period as
the opposition bombarded
the government’ with
demands for a broader
inquiry into RCMP security
service actions.

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. Quebec to oversee
RCMP activities

_ QUEBEC (CP) — Quebec
may place the activites of
the RCMP in the province
under the supervision of the
Quebec Police Commission,
Justice Minister Mare-
Andre Bedard said Monday.

Such a move would be “‘a
logical gesture’’ because
administration of justice is a
provincial matter under the
constitution, Bedard said in
a telephone interview from
Chicoutimi, Que.

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Montreal constructior
company and the burning of
a barn in the Montreal area
in 1972 or 1973.

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SolicitorGeneral Francis
Fox revealed in the House of
Commons that the RCMP
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the Parti Quebecois in 1973.

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revelations prove ‘‘the
necessity of efficient
provincial control over all
police actions’ in Quebec.”

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