Warning: this blog post contains images of violence.

This is the second part to a two part blog post on the 1997 APEC Economic Leaders Meeting at UBC and the student and activist protest that occurred. If you missed the first part, it can be read here. The protest of the APEC meeting that occurred on November 25th, 1997 resulted in 49 arrests and several students and a CBC media crew member being pepper sprayed by the RCMP. In the following days several law suits were filed by protestors and an RCMP Public Complains commission was formed to investigate complaints by the public, including one complaint submitted by then UBC President Martha Piper. The university president would also hold a post-APEC forum with university students where it would result in a new policy the the university will not agree to host government events without consultation from the university community. The public complaints commission was riddled with problems and resulted in the resignation of both Solicitor General Andy Scott as well as commissions first panel due to alleged comments made by chairman Gerald Morin. Then Prime Minister Jean Chrétien would be called on by protestors to testify his offices’ roll in the treatment of protestors, which he would ultimately decline to do so. The former Prime Minister would also come under attack by opposition in Parliament due to several comments he made about the protest. The United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern over the protestors treatment in a report issued in 2000. The final report for the RCMP Public Complaints Commission would not be released until August 6th, 2001 and end up being 453 pages long.

Aftermath of 1997 APEC Economic Leaders Meeting

The Ubyssey 1997-11-28

Kinesis 1997-12-01

[Meeting minutes of the Senate of The University of British Columbia] 1997-12-10

UBC Reports 1997-12-11

UBC Reports 1998-01-08

The Ubyssey 1998-01-09

The Ubyssey 1998-01-13

Panel discussion at post-APEC forum 1998-1-20

The Ubyssey 1998-01-23

The Ubyssey 1998-02-25

UBC Reports 1998-03-05

The Ubyssey 1998-03-27

The Ubyssey 1998-04-16

The Ubyssey 1998-09-08

The Ubyssey 1998-09-15

The Ubyssey 1998-09-18

The Ubyssey 1998-09-22

The Ubyssey 1998-09-25

The Ubyssey 1998-10-02

The Ubyssey 1998-10-06

The Ubyssey 1998-10-09

Recording of Michael Hughes conducting an interview with Member of Parliament Ted McWhinney on the topic of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for CiTR’s Radio Active program. 1998-10-13: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0133054

The Ubyssey 1998-10-15

The Ubyssey 1998-10-20

The Ubyssey 1998-10-27

The Ubyssey 1998-10-30

The Ubyssey 1998-11-20

The Ubyssey 1998-11-24

The Ubyssey 1998-11-27

The Ubyssey 1999-01-12

The Ubyssey 1999-02-02

The Ubyssey 1999-02-23

The Ubyssey 1999-10-26

The Ubyssey 2000-02-29

The Ubyssey 2000-12-01

The Ubyssey 2001-09-04

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