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wy" 4 -- Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, March 26, 1996 Local MPP feared for his personal safety Durham East MPP John O'Toole says he feared for his personal safety during the: violent incidents at the Legislature March 18 and the experience left him with "jangled nerves." In a lengthy interview with the Citizen following the headline making incidents in which several OPSEU picketers were injured in clashes with the OPP crowd control' unit, O'Toole said he was spat upon, had shrill whistles blown in his face, was cursed and threatened by protestérs with picket signs. While the rookie Conservative MPP elected in June last year declined to point blaming fingers' in either direction, he did say the demonstration was heavily staged by OPSEU to get media and public attention and 'OPSEU members were Durham cops get their man, 18 years later Durham Police have arrested and charged a man with robbery, 18 years to the day after the- theft took place at an Oshawa variety store. Police say that back on March 13, 1978, a man entered Red Spot Variety on Brock Street East. | Armed with a knife, he demanded money from the 68 year old clerk and escaped with a sum of cash. During the incident. the 68 year old clerk suffered a cut to the hand. The clerk, now 86 still resides in Oshawa. , A warrant was issued shortly after the robbery. Recently, Regional Police were able to trace the 34 year old suspect to 'Calgary and on March 13, he was arrested by ~ Calgary Police. He is presently before the courts in that Alberta city. 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Township Clerk's Office, 208 North St., Port Perry Ie Do you want to be part of a Greater Toronto Area i Government as recommended by Dr. Anne Golden? PP which will flow from the Report to Rural Municipalities, as well as th loss of representation from those. It is our view that we / can resolve problems in-our governance within the existing Regional and Municipal NOOQ - ho YESO I I NAME: ) ADDRESS: (Street and / or RRA) T 2 PHONE: | (Postal Code) I Results will be sent 10: The Honourable Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario 5 The Honourable Al Leach, Minister of Municipal Affairs snd Housing; | and John O'Toole, MPP Durham East a -- i ---- "i" -- "a PLEASE RETURN NO LATER THAN NOON, MARCH 29th, 1996. i | a el as me "\ joined by thése from other unions at the Legislature. . "It was a staged event for the return of the Legislature. They are using every strategy to - get press .and public attention," he said. "I agree with their right to protest and picket go long as it doesn't lead to violence," he continued, adding he can understand the level of frustration felt by those on the picket lines in the OPSEU Strike now in its fifth week." "They have every reason to be upset with us (the Conservative government), We are changing the way the game is being played, but I suspect they are living in a different time frame," he said. Asked whether he felt the OPP squad used excessive force in quelling the demonstration, O'Toole replied "Who is running this province, the union or the Governmant." » He did admit that the QPP crowd control unit in full riot gear, chanting and beating batons or? , announced against shields could be intimidating to those on the picket lines. . In the days following the incident, he said his constituency office has received numerous calls, "most of them in support" of the government stance | with the union. ) He said the gap between the sides is $1.5 billion and "simply doesn't have the money to bridge this gap, As 'for the public inqujry by government into the Queens Park incidents, O'Toole said it caught hint by surprise in light of the fact an all-party committee handed down g report last fall when there were violent incidents and there is a public board, already set up to hear complaints against any police force And he said the estimated 5 million price tag for thefull i inquiry "is quite a bit of money." He hopes the inquiry will come up with recommendations to make sure the incidents seen » - Established 198 March 18 don't happen: again. « O'Toole afrived at the Legislature * building shortly after 9:00 AM March 18 and, was blocked | from 'entering . the building. Along with several other MPPs, they . asked Metro Police officers to escort them through the picketylines.' 'at one point, he said, the the government (Things became so intense Metro Police put the groups of MPPs in a police van in an effort to de-fuse the situation. He eventually got into the! building just before noon hour, he said. * All government MPPs 4 have been warned by their party and Queens Park security staff to avoid confrontations . with picketers "at allcosts." This week, he plans to arrive at the Legiflature' by 6:00 AM each morning. O'Toole noted that lost ,in all the media coverage lof last week's Violence Jo the fact there are several PERRY OPT Independent Opticians Brock & Wendy Reville Would you be oo if this happened to* | your eyeglass frame? EYE EXAMINATIONS ARRANGED ' TePrsciptionsuthebeghutg . 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