Macleans: Jack Layton says MP is regretful about RCMP comments, but won't apologize
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May 13, 2006, Macleans, Jack Layton says MP is regretful about RCMP comments, but won't apologize
VANCOUVER (CP) - NDP Leader Jack Layton says one of his party's MPs regrets recent comments he made about the RCMP.
Jack Layton says Nathan Cullen has shown sufficient remorse for the comments.
B.C.'s Solicitor General John Les demanded Cullen apologize after the MP said he feared police retribution if he spoke out about the death last fall of a man in police custody.
Cullen was criticizing the amount of time it has taken for an inquiry into the death of Ian Bush, who was shot in the head after being apprehended by police for having an open can of beer at a hockey arena in northern B.C.
Layton says Les should spend more time pressing an investigation into the incident than looking for an apology from Cullen.
He says he hopes the publicity about the case will speed things up.
VANCOUVER (CP) - NDP Leader Jack Layton says one of his party's MPs regrets recent comments he made about the RCMP.
Jack Layton says Nathan Cullen has shown sufficient remorse for the comments.
B.C.'s Solicitor General John Les demanded Cullen apologize after the MP said he feared police retribution if he spoke out about the death last fall of a man in police custody.
Cullen was criticizing the amount of time it has taken for an inquiry into the death of Ian Bush, who was shot in the head after being apprehended by police for having an open can of beer at a hockey arena in northern B.C.
Layton says Les should spend more time pressing an investigation into the incident than looking for an apology from Cullen.
He says he hopes the publicity about the case will speed things up.
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