It was a hot summer for youth-police relations. Several riots and numerous minor altercations involving punks and cops ensued. As well, the language and Quebec nationalist issues bubbled away all summer long. Anarchists can be forgiven for seeing this as a nonissue designed to keep working people divided so the elite can do what it wants with us. June 10 - The populist Reform Party finished its convention today.
Radical decentralization is on the agenda .
Reformers would strip the Feds of most of their powers leaving them with defence, foreign trade and regulation of inter-provincial trade. Support was also given to partition of Quebec should any area wish to remain in Canada after independence. Since many of these provisions were made by treaty and are considered virtually sacred by Native Americans. 70 were arrested. Three or four people managed to get inside the legislature and start a fire.