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18.10.2022 / 19:39

‘We lost control’: Ottawa mayor tells Emergencies Act inquiry of convoy ‘lawlessness’

The City of Ottawa “lost control” in the downtown core during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest in February, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson told the Emergencies Act inquiry on Tuesday.

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Mendicino mum on if election integrity panel saw reports on Chinese interference

China’s alleged attempts to interfere in the vote.Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block Sunday, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino pointed to the panel’s findings that the 2019 and 2021 elections were free and fair. But he didn’t clearly answer whether the panel ever saw intelligence that recent media reports have said warned of attempts by China at election interference.“We’ve always been up front with the fact that there is foreign interference, that we need to be eyes wide open and vigilant about (it),” he said.“Did that panel have access to these intelligence reports? Were they aware of what CSIS was aware of?” Stephenson asked.“Our nonpartisan, professional public servants look at the information that they need to make the assessment around the integrity of the election,” Mendicino replied.

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The Emergencies Act’s ‘very high threshold’ was met, commissioner rules in major report

Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa last year, the public inquiry that probed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision has found.Justice Paul Rouleau, who led the independent public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the emergency powers, released his final report Friday afternoon.In the over 2,000-page report, Rouleau called the “Freedom Convoy” a “singular moment in history” exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as online misinformation and disinformation. Read more: Emergencies Act inquiry fact-finding phase wraps after 6 weeks of hearings: ‘An amazing feat’ Read next: Part of the Sun breaks free and forms a strange vortex, baffling scientists Had various police forces and governments been prepared for and anticipated an event like it, the “emergency that Canada ultimately faced could likely have been avoided.”“Unfortunately, it was not,” Rouleau said in the report.“I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met.

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RCMP refused badge number release, fearing convoy protesters would dox officers

Internal documents show the RCMP refused to release the badge numbers of officers who cleared “Freedom Convoy” protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter, citing a risk of violence from their supporters.

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‘No escape’: Emergencies Act inquiry hears Ottawans describe loss of hearing, trauma

Ottawa residents who lived through the convoy blockade in late January and February told the inquiry probing the invocation of the Emergencies Act that they felt “terrified” and felt they had “no escape” from the blaring horns, diesel fumes and fireworks pinging off their windows.

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Was the Emergencies Act justified during the convoy protests? Inquiry goes public today

Earlier this year, the government made the controversial decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to blockades that snarled downtown Ottawa and multiple border crossings for weeks on end.

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Emergencies Act probe: Trudeau calls invocation ‘necessary’ amid civil rights group concerns

Emergencies Act earlier this year prepares to enter its public phase, the prime minister is standing firm behind his decision to use the controversial legislation — even as civil liberties groups raise questions.The Public Order Emergency Commission’s public hearings will kick off on Thursday, at which point Canadians will be able to hear from a number of different high-profile voices about whether the invocation was a justifiable response to the convoy protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa and two border crossings for weeks.

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Defence minister ‘disturbed’ after Tomb of the Unknown Solider desecrated with flag

Defence Minister Anita Anand says she’s “disturbed” by images circulating online, in which a man can be seen desecrating the Tomb of the Unknown Solider with a flag.

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‘Rolling Thunder’ biker convoy to descend on Ottawa. Here’s what you need to know

Ottawa is bracing for the arrival of another convoy of protesters this weekend, just four months after the so-called “Freedom Convoy” began a weeks-long blockade of the capital’s downtown core.

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Pat King faces new charges after bail hearing halted by computer hack

Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King is expected to face two new charges, the day after his bail review hearing came to an abrupt and unexpected halt when his lawyer’s computer appeared to be hacked.

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Bail review for convoy organizer Pat King abruptly adjourned

Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King‘s bail review hearing came to an abrupt and unexpected stop after only a few hours Wednesday.

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Vehicle convoy rolls through downtown Ottawa on its way to Vankleek Hill

Nearly two months after the so-called “freedom convoy” spent weeks encamped in Canada’s capital, another vehicle demonstration rolled through Ottawa on Saturday, the city’s police said.

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Ottawa convoy organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber face new criminal charges

Two of the organizers behind last month’s “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for weeks are facing several new criminal charges.

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Ottawa convoy deemed national security threat a week before Emergencies Act: police

Ontario police deemed the so-called “Freedom Convoy” a threat to national security one week before the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act.

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‘Freedom convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich granted bail

Tamara Lich, one of the principal organizers of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for three weeks, has been granted bail on a $25,000 bond.

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National Guard to deploy 700 troops in D.C. to control truck convoy, says Pentagon

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as it prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.

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Canada must work on ‘healing’ from pandemic, convoy unrest, says Trudeau ahead of key vote

The blaring horns and snarled streets of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” blockade in Ottawa are no more, but on Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested the work to heal the pandemic divisions in the country that the convoy exposed must now begin.

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Live: Police continue to remove Ottawa’s trucker convoy blockades

Police in Ottawa are continuing a crackdown to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that has been encamped for 23 days in the nation’s capital as of Saturday.

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Ottawa police say convoy blockade ‘aggressive,’ one arrested after gas launched

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Police ready to use methods people ‘not used to seeing’ in Ottawa: interim chief

Ottawa‘s interim police chief says officers will clear the streets of people who oppose the government and COVID-19 restrictions in the next few days, warning they are ready to use methods people are not used to seeing in the capital.

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Convoy protesters tear down fence protecting National War Memorial

Protesters from the so-called “freedom convoy” in Ottawa have torn down a fence that had been put around the National War Memorial to protect it from further desecration.

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Windsor police begin clearing out Ambassador Bridge convoy protestors

The Windsor Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ont.

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46% of Canadians sympathize with trucker convoy, but many disagree with their tactics: poll

The trucker convoy protest movement against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions that has paralyzed the Canadian capital and spilled over to key Canada-U.S. border crossings has the sympathy of many Canadians, according to a new poll.

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Trudeau calls on all parties to denounce ‘illegal’ trucker occupations, blockades

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a meeting with leaders of opposition parties Thursday evening, where he said he briefed them on the latest developments of the trucker convoy protests and blockades.

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Ontario freezes funds from GiveSendGo trucker convoy fundraiser

The Ontario government says it has successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through online fundraising platform GiveSendGo to the convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings.

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Police arson unit probing alleged attempt to start fire in Ottawa apartment building, says mayor

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says the city’s police arson unit is investigating after “disturbing” reports of unidentified individuals attempting to start a fire in the lobby of a residential apartment located near the site of ongoing trucker convoy demonstration.

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Trucker convoy in Ottawa faces lawsuit worth $10M: ‘excruciatingly loud’

An Ottawa citizen has filed a lawsuit claiming up to $10 million in damages against the organizers of the trucker convoy that has parked itself in the city for over a week.

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Trudeau says ‘very small, very angry’ trucker convoy is trying to ‘lash out’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s concerned about the potential for violence during this weekend’s planned protest on Parliament Hill by truckers and others joining the crowd to vent their anger about public health restrictions to combat COVID-19.

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Police warn of ‘consequences’ for violence as trucker convoy nears Ottawa

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says nobody wants a planned anti-vaccination protest on Parliament Hill this weekend to turn into a violent attempt to overthrow the government and warned people not to dismiss the protesters as simple freedom fighters.

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