SQLFusion - Inquiry: Report will be a valuable tool for others

INQUIRY: Report will be a valuable tool for others

Cornwall Standard Freeholder

24 February 2009

Posted By DAVID NESSETH

Coalition for Action lawyers Ian Paul and Frank Horn submitted a list of 10 recommendations Monday to address what they called a general failure by local institutions to respond to allegations of sexual abuse.

"This inquiry will be a watershed report for cities and towns all over the world," Horn said during the coalition's phase one submissions.

The recommendations range from the need for an independent body to investigate allegations of conspiracy and corruption against high-level public officials to whistleblower protection for police officers like Const. Perry Dunlop.

The coalition suggested that the investigations by the OPP and the Ottawa Police into allegations of a conspiracy "were so poor" that Cornwall's citizens could have no confidence in their outcomes.

On the same front, the coalition's written submissions recomend a formal mechanism that promotes the sharing of information between public institutions such as the police, probation services and the Children's Aid Society.

"There was a lot of pressure being put on everyone," Horn said.

He added he nearly wept when reviewing documents that showed some of the trials and tribulations of Const. Dunlop. He said that Dunlop needs an apology from a high-profile official "for what he went through."

"I feel badly for the victims," Horn said in closing to Commissioner Normand Glaude. "They felt that the justice system let them down, but that you are not going to let them down."

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The coalition also raised the points of victims' access to their own Children's Aid Society records and that confidentiality clauses in favour of institutions, which the group suggest can bind victims of sexual abuse, should be banned in Ontario. Yeah I thought that they were there for the good of the children not to protect their own butts when they mess up.

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #1 By dodger,

Dodger
What they are protecting is a free for all on false claims, from the conspiracy theory types.
This was decided long ago based on all kinds of people with the same attitude as defined by posts. They have again sealed their own fate. I just hope they can see it for what it is and what they have done to themselves instead of blaming others. They have sealed their own fate on how things will be dealt with in the future. Sad isn't it that trying so hard and using poor procedures has gotten you further behind.

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #2 By itinerant,

Perry was willing to testify. Only on his terms. He did not want to be cross examined. It is fundemental that all will have the chance to test the evidence, otherwise anyone can say and do whatever they want and not be held to account. It might have been prudent to seek clarification of material as well. Why in Sam Hill would anyone believe that PD is above advancing his own agenda. To thumb his nose at the inquiry that many victims asked for is wrong. This hero worship nonsense is surreal.Perry fanned the flames for too long to just pull up and say "the fix is in"

Reply | Report | Page Top Post #3 By silentnomore,