And we know the ugly incident led to disturbing claims against then-premier Mike Harris. Did the leader of Ontario's new law-and-order Conservative government quietly direct the OPP to get in there and clear those troublesome protesters out of the abandoned campground, which was also a sacred native burial ground?

Harris and his inner circle, elected and otherwise, have always denied ordering the raid, although damning documents from a top-level government meeting just hours before the incident are, at best, unsettling.

Unfortunately, we've never been allowed to know if the accusations are true or false. Harris, and his successor Ernie Eves, steadfastly dismissed pleas from the Opposition and from the family of Dudley George to hold an independent inquiry which could examine who did what. And that has been unacceptable.

So it's an understatement to say this week's arrival of the long-awaited judicial inquiry into the Ipperwash tragedy will be welcomed by anyone who believes that transparency of government is important. Source.

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