A day before the Trudeau government invoked the Emergencies Act, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki briefed relevant ministers on the plan to clear protesters and relayed expert advice about the need for negotiation before using force, according to a document obtained by The Epoch Times. “This group of experts has determined that there are crowd engagement…
RCMP Commissioner Relayed Advice to Ministers to Negotiate Before Using Force on Convoy Protesters
Public Safety Minister’s Deputy Sought Engagement With Convoy Protesters but Was Denied
A proposal to engage with Freedom Convoy protesters involving high level officials of the federal government was scrapped in favour of invoking the Emergencies Act, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard Tuesday. “I would very much appreciate the opportunity to consult you on federal-level engagement with the protestors, so I can provide informed advice to…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford No-show at Question Period, Avoids Emergency Act Questions
Ontario Premier Doug Ford did not show up for question period at the legislature Tuesday after it emerged that he’s challenging a summons to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry in Ottawa. Ford and former solicitor general Sylvia Jones are fighting the call to appear at the Public Order Emergency Commission, with a government spokesman…
Civil Liberties Groups Call for CBC President to Testify at Emergencies Act Inquiry
October 25, 2022
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Civil liberties and constitutional rights groups are requesting the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) call on the president and CEO of the CBC, Catherine Tait, to testify in the ongoing public inquiry looking into the government’s use of the Emergencies Act. The rights groups, including the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), The Democracy Fund (TDF),…
Protest Would Have Been Cleared Without Emergencies Act, Says Ottawa Police Interim Chief
Had the Emergencies Act not been invoked by the Liberal government, the Freedom Convoy protest would still have been cleared by law enforcement, says Ottawa Police Service (OPS) interim Chief Steve Bell. “In the absence of the invocation of the Emergencies Act, the OPS, the OPP, the RCMP—as part of unified command—were going to clear…
Violence During Freedom Convoy Was Mostly ‘Felt’ and Not Actual, Says Ottawa Police Interim Chief
Ottawa Police Service (OPS) interim Chief Steve Bell said on Monday that when he refers to violence during the Freedom Convoy protest it’s mostly violence that was “felt” by the community and not as defined per the Criminal Code. Bell was testifying before the Public Order Emergency Commission, and throughout the day mentioned the protest…
NDP Unlikely to Withdraw Support for Liberals Regardless of Result of Emergencies Act Inquiry, Says Singh
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said it is unlikely that his party will retract support for the Liberal government even if the Public Order Emergency Commission concludes that the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to deal with the Freedom Convoy protest earlier this year is unjustified. Speaking in an interview with CTV News, Singh said…
Lawyers for Emergencies Act Inquiry Summon Premier Doug Ford to Appear as Witness
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones have been summoned to appear as witnesses at the public inquiry examining the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act, after they declined to voluntarily appear. Lawyers for the Public Order Emergency Commission say they asked Ford and Jones to sit down for an interview on…
Ottawa Police Interim Chief Defends Initial Posture Towards Freedom Convoy
The Freedom Convoy was “extremely lawful” and “peaceful” before arriving in Ottawa, hence the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) adopted an adequate posture at the time, its interim chief said on Monday. “Their behaviour as it’s described within the intelligence reports and reports we had back [then] was that they were extremely lawful, that there was…
Opponents of Freedom Convoy Made Violent Threat Against Police, Ran Disinformation Campaign: Email
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) said on Jan. 26 that it was being targeted by a “disinformation campaign” by detractors of the Freedom Convoy and also threatened with violence, an internal email reveals. Then-OPS chief Peter Sloly wrote to his team that there was information from his organization’s corporate communications and the Ottawa Police Association…
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