NAPANEE, Ont. — A militant activist who led aboriginal protests that snarled traffic on Canada’s busiest highway and blocked a major rail line was denied bail Thursday after turning himself in to Ontario Provincial Police.
While he sympathized with Shawn Brant’s desire to improve conditions on native reserves and resolve long-standing land-claim disputes, Justice D.K. Kirkland of the Ontario Court of Justice said it would be “dangerous” to allow his release.
“You had no intention of ever complying (with the May 3 bail conditions), did you?” prosecutor Robert Morrison asked the handcuffed and shackled Brant.
“Actually, no,” Brant replied.
Morrison also confronted Brant with his statement to The Canadian Press last week before the militant group set up the blockades for the day of action, suggesting that there would be “longer” and “harder” actions to come in the future.
“Sir, I’d not only say it then, I’d say it now,” Brant said.
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