Surete du Quebec owns up

As published in the Ottawa Citizen on-line edition.

Quebec's provincial police acknowledged in a statement Thursday that their agents had infiltrated protesters demonstrating during the recent North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que., but denied that they acted as "agent provocateurs".

"They had the mandate to spot and identify violent demonstrators to avoid the situation from getting out of hand," the Surete du Quebec said in a statement. "The police officers were identified by demonstrators when they refused to throw projectiles."

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Okay all you cons who claimed this was nought but a massive left-wing conspiracy theory – the crow buffet is now open.