Fastest Growing Facebook Group: Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20

The group was created on June 27 and gathered more than 50,000 members in only 11 days. It continues to grow by the hour, with even more people joining the fan page and the French group.

The goal of the group is an independent public inquiry into police actions at the recent G20 summit in Toronto (June 25-26).

"A public inquiry is the only process that will be able to examine the role of the various levels of government and agencies, and compel those who were involved to testify," says group co-founder Rebecca Harrison. "The attack on the Charter rights of Canadians must not be allowed to happen again. We need to find out why it was allowed to happen at the G20, to prevent it from happening again."

The Toronto Police Services Board, the SIU, and the Ontario Ombudsman have each launched an investigation, but Harrison feels that a public inquiry is the only way to determine how legislation allowed these civil rights abuses to happen.

Several other groups have expressed similar calls for an independent public inquiry, including Amnesty International.

Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20 has spawned local chapters around the country.

This week from July 10 to 17th is the group's Pan-Canadian Week of Action and Solidarity. Rallies, marches, information sessions, and other activities will take place around the country.