Interview with Ha Rsha from No One Is Illegal (Montreal); victory in the courts; info on the upcoming counter-conference to the Great Lakes Security Summit.
In October 2001, a standardized test intended for 260,000 Grade 10 high school students across Ontario was anonymously leaked across the Internet, resulting in the test's temporary cancellation. The leak occurred in the midst of a campaign of "economic disruption" called by the Ontario Common Front (OCF). On October 15, during a strong High School Flying Squad demonstration at the Board of Education, a trustee informed the crowd of the leak, and that the tests had been cancelled. As the demonstration was breaking up, Karen Silverwomyn - a member of OCAP and the Flying Squad - was arrested on charges of Possession of Stolen Property and Mischief over $5000.
On the eve of the OCF's "Shut Down Bay St." action, news stations gave varying reports about the financial impact of the leaked tests; some saying the cost was as high as $17 Million. Less than a month later another OCAP member, Tucker, was arrested and charged with the stealing (Theft) and leak (Mischief over $5,000) of the tests. Although charges against Karen Silverwomyn were withdrawn, Tucker was tried; after 2 days in court, the charges were thrown out due to lack of evidence (See backgrounder at http://www.ocap.ca/tests.html).
