"We had hoped to do otherwise but we work for the people … and they are not ready for this step." He said the message indicated it was "maybe too early for the police chief to be present with demonstrators." He said he understood the decision and recognized that "the presence of the police chief has to be constructive and positive." The group's invitation to Caron, sent not long after he offered to participate in the protest, was controversial from the start. "The presence of the Montreal police chief at a demonstration against police violence and brutality," they wrote, "amounts to reinforcing police impunity."

Source: CBC News June 06, 2020 14:03 UTC