A report authored by a police consultant and distributed by the former Ottawa Police Service (OPS) chief says the Freedom Convoy protests were a “movement by right wing Christians” who wished to attract followers. “It’s a movement by right wing Christians who used mandates as a pretense to gain a following and privileged access as…

Weapons among Freedom Convoy protesters, as claimed by the Ottawa Police Service in past reports, could include items such as tire irons or tools, a parliamentary special committee heard on Nov. 3 “A weapon can be many things,” said acting deputy chief of the Ottawa Police Service Patricia Ferguson while testifying before the Special Joint Committee on…

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) sent around a memo that claimed the Freedom Convoy was funded by foreign extremists just one week before the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14. “Funding appears to be coming from a host of U.S. and international sources,” read the memo titled “Examining U.S. Support and Funding…