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March 2 Montréal Stuart Russell […]
When
1977-03-02
Description
March 2 Montréal Stuart Russell attended a press conference organized by the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme and denounced the RCMP's refusal to release files on persons fired "for security reasons" prior to the Montréal Summer Olympics in 1976. Russell, a socialist and openly gay, had been dismissed from his position at COJO, the Olympic games coordinating committee, supposedly because he had not been given the necessary security clearance by the RCMP. Although the Ligue des droits de l'Homme had tried to force the RCMP to provide justification for its actions, on March 22, 1977, Justice Jules Deschenes of the Québec Superior Court ruled that the Ligue had exceeded its jurisdiction and that the RCMP was justified in withholding reasons for denying security clearances.
