A briefing provided by the director of Canada’s spy agency to senior officials at different levels of government on Feb. 6 said there was no foreign involvement in the Freedom Convoy protest, in contrast to claims made by federal cabinet ministers. “There [are] no foreign actors identified at this point supporting or financing this convoy,”…
Briefing Shows CSIS Saw No Foreign Involvement in Freedom Convoy Protest
Police Chief Said ‘Freedom Convoy’ Would End by First Monday: Ex-police Board Chair
The former chair of Ottawa’s police board says the chief of police told her in late January that he would be very surprised if the “Freedom Convoy” protesters stayed for longer than one weekend. Former police board chair and current city councillor Diane Deans is speaking at the federal inquiry into the government’s use of…
Governments Weren’t Always Working in Tandem During ‘Freedom Convoy’: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there were times during the “Freedom Convoy” protests last winter that the three levels of government were not working together as well as they could. But he says what’s important is that in the end, everyone came together to end the occupation of downtown Ottawa. A transcript released Tuesday of…
Ottawa Mayor Says Securing Tow Trucks Under Emergencies Act Was Most Important Measure to End Protest
Procuring tow trucks to clear the Freedom Convoy protest was the most important measure that was implemented through the invocation of the Emergencies Act, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson told the Public Order Commission on Tuesday. Watson was being asked by commission counsel whether he knew which measures were used under the act to end the…
Ottawa Mayor Says Quebec ‘Biker Gang’ Held Intersection During Freedom Convoy Protest
A group of criminal bikers from Quebec were occupying an intersection of downtown Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protest last winter, the city mayor claimed before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Tuesday. “My understanding, because I was briefed on this, was that the chief indicated there were criminal elements I believe were involved with…
Mendicino ‘Concerned’ RCMP Withheld Badge Numbers of Officers Who Cleared Protest
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he’s concerned the RCMP chose not to the release the badge numbers of officers who cleared “Freedom Convoy” protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter. The RCMP denied an access-to-information request for officers’ names and badge numbers on the basis releasing the information could put officers’ safety at risk….
‘Naive’ to Think Authorities Should’ve Prevented Freedom Convoy Protest: Ottawa City Manager
Not long after hundreds of vehicles entered Ottawa to protest COVID-19 restrictions last January, the highest ranking public servant in the city pushed back against the idea they could have been easily prevented from doing so. “It’s a bit naive for somebody to believe that the police and the city should have just prevented the…
Doug Ford Reiterates That He Supports Federal Government’s Use of Emergencies Act to Clear Protesters
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he supports the measures taken by the federal government to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests last winter. Ford says he worked with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several mayors after hundreds gathered in downtown Ottawa in January in what local officials called an occupation that lasted several weeks. People…
Ottawa City Councillor Tells Hearing She was ‘Terrified’ of Freedom Convoy but Didn’t Witness Any Violence Herself
An Ottawa city councillor wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the RCMP in February claiming that residents in her ward, which includes the area surrounding Parliament Hill, experienced “unprecedented violence” from the Freedom Convoy, although she had not seen any acts of violence herself. “I didn’t personally witness any acts of violence. I was…
Convoy Organizers Dispute Ottawa City Manager’s Claim Protesters Didn’t Uphold Deal to Move Trucks
Ottawa City Manager Steve Kanellakos told the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) on Monday that Freedom Convoy protesters never fulfilled their end of the deal to move trucks out of residential neighbourhoods, which was a condition to meet with Mayor Jim Watson, but protesters’ representatives counter that police never allowed the move. “They never fulfilled…
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