Public Inquiries into Emergencies Act begin September 19
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As the days passed and I took notice of the great line of huge trucks on Wellington Street, the invasion — it was nothing less — of the huge 18-wheelers and their drivers, the nightly bonfires, the fearful lineups at the few takeouts still open, I knew matters had reached a head. This was an absolute crisis.
I immediately called an emergency cabinet meeting. The peril was great. The thought ran through my mind that it might be on my watch that the great experiment, the over 150 years of our precious Confederation, could be at an end.
It was a thought too much to bear. So much was yet to be done. It could not all end now. There were carbon taxes yet to raise, net-zero legislation yet to pass, IPCC meetings yet to attend.
What to do? We had never faced a situation like this before — a whole crowd of Westerners holding barbecues and bringing something called a “bouncy castle” into our glorious capital. Some nights, as worried citizens looked on, there were even sing-alongs. Insurrection is never far away when radicals break out their guitars.
Best of Rex Murphy: The Night of the Long Honks — an imaginary Trudeau memoir — National Post
Never in the history of insurrections has there been such percussive horror
Unfortunately, the War Measures Act, with its teeth of steel and magnificent powers of arrest, which my father had deployed in a similar but less threatening occasion, was not at my disposal. All I had to fall back on was the tamer Emergencies Act.
One of the cabinet ministers made the interesting suggestion that since this was — as he saw it, and in fact as we in the cabinet all saw it — a national emergency, not just some municipal crisis, we should engage the premiers. He reminded us that as Canada was a Confederation, and it was after all Confederation itself that we were preparing to save, that perhaps they — the premiers — should be, if not involved, then at least let in on the peril and advised that we were about to call upon powers unused before, and to an extent unprecedented.
All I have to say to them: They were not here when the horns were blaring. And when Ottawa is upset, everyone is upset.
Downtown Ottawa councillors say they felt abandoned by local police during convoy protest — National Post
They accused Ottawa’s bylaw enforcements officer of giving convoy participants a free pass on bylaw violations and said police left residents unprotected
Yes of course, that why they whipped out the Emergencies Act
Rex does have a way with words .As the days passed and I took notice of the great line of huge trucks on Wellington Street, the invasion — it was nothing less — of the huge 18-wheelers and their drivers, the nightly bonfires, the fearful lineups at the few takeouts still open, I knew matters had reached a head. This was an absolute crisis.
I immediately called an emergency cabinet meeting. The peril was great. The thought ran through my mind that it might be on my watch that the great experiment, the over 150 years of our precious Confederation, could be at an end.
It was a thought too much to bear. So much was yet to be done. It could not all end now. There were carbon taxes yet to raise, net-zero legislation yet to pass, IPCC meetings yet to attend.
What to do? We had never faced a situation like this before — a whole crowd of Westerners holding barbecues and bringing something called a “bouncy castle” into our glorious capital. Some nights, as worried citizens looked on, there were even sing-alongs. Insurrection is never far away when radicals break out their guitars.
Best of Rex Murphy: The Night of the Long Honks — an imaginary Trudeau memoir — National Post
Never in the history of insurrections has there been such percussive horrorapple.news
Unfortunately, the War Measures Act, with its teeth of steel and magnificent powers of arrest, which my father had deployed in a similar but less threatening occasion, was not at my disposal. All I had to fall back on was the tamer Emergencies Act.
One of the cabinet ministers made the interesting suggestion that since this was — as he saw it, and in fact as we in the cabinet all saw it — a national emergency, not just some municipal crisis, we should engage the premiers. He reminded us that as Canada was a Confederation, and it was after all Confederation itself that we were preparing to save, that perhaps they — the premiers — should be, if not involved, then at least let in on the peril and advised that we were about to call upon powers unused before, and to an extent unprecedented.
All I have to say to them: They were not here when the horns were blaring. And when Ottawa is upset, everyone is upset.
Downtown Ottawa councillors say they felt abandoned by local police during convoy protest — National Post
They accused Ottawa’s bylaw enforcements officer of giving convoy participants a free pass on bylaw violations and said police left residents unprotected
So, the Emergencies Act wasn’t about the borders ‘cuz that was dealt with before it was evoked on February 14th 2022.
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The Emergencies Act was redacted February 21st a few hours before the Senate could Wade in on it.
Ottawa was under a “Stay at Home” Order until February 16th, 2022.
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So it basically comes down to the occupation of Ottawa and access to Parliament.
….& the need to have Wellington Street and surrounding area open, and freed from being a parking lot for COVID 19 Protesters and their vehicles (& hot tub, & bouncy castle).
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So to this day (updated last 08/17/22 at 10pm) Wellington Street is still closed to traffic due to “post-demonstration clean up”. Seriously??
So, to what end? Aside from political theatre, to show the provinces who’s really in control by the NDP/Liberals & the 1/2 of the Green Party that is Elizabeth May…what was the point?
The Bloc Québécois & The Conservatives & the 1/2 of the Green Party that isn’t Elizabeth May voted against the use of the Emergencies Act on February 14th….and the Senate would have had their say the afternoon of the 21st…But it was rescinded by Trudeau et al the morning of the 21st before that could happen.
Where these protesters, who where not blockading railways and lighting them on fire, or burning down churches, or ripping down statues and throwing them into harbours or canals (in an environmentally friendly manner), “safe” targets politically as they where not nurses, or natives, or BLM, and truckers with turbans don’t count? Is that what we witnessed? Was it Justin’s chance to be a “Political Strongman” like that one guy who was the only one to use the War Measures Act outside of an actual war (whom, coincidentally, was having his statues defaced by ‘non-convoy-protestors’ previous to this particular protest)?
The shear volume of misinformation from the protestors trying to burn down an apartment building with people in it (which never happened) to foreign funding including the Russians (which also wasn’t happening) to the freezing and confiscation of funds raised through the “Go-Fund-Me” app & whatever the other one was called, to the freezing of personal bank accounts…to the attacks in the media against the protestors starting days before this protest arrived at Ottawa and Trudeau retreating to the Batcave (sorry, conveniently timed self-imposed COVID quarantine).
It was a shit-show goat-rodeo from the get go politically….once it was realized that this was real and wasn’t going to Peter out in BC. That’s when the “misogynistic’s with unacceptable thoughts and beliefs” happened when when the convoy was still rolling across the prairies but pointed east.
One of the ONLY good things that came out’a the convoy protest is that the NDP/Liberal Non-Coalition Coalition came into the light of day instead the covert bullshit of the NDP pretending to actually be opposition. It was exposed from the covert to the overt.
I know there’s weeks of testimony to go with this Inquiry yet, and many competing agenda’s…but in the true spirit of this inquiry when the safeguards where put in place in 1988 when the Emergencies Act evolved from the War Measures Act, this is about the Justification of its use and not about the illegal parking in Ottawa or the views held buy those protestors being contradictory to Trudeau’s official COVID policy of the moment. This is about whether the legal requirements and threshold for the implementation of the Emergencies Act where met. Period. Full Stop. Drop the Mic…exit stage left.
If not, then what is next to ensure this Act is never used to smack down opposing political viewpoints in our nation again like we seem to have witnessed already? If so, then what have we not been told to justify this?
For perspective, the Emergencies Act (or it’s predecessor the War Measures Act) have been used 4 times…Ever:
1) 1914-1920 Ukrainian Canadian Internment (WW1)
2) 1940-1949 Japanese Canadian & Italian Canadian Internment (WW2)
3) 1970 October Crisis in Quebec. Was it national? Was it abused? Was it hugely debated and the reason the War Measures Act was eventually scrapped and replaced with the Emergencies Measures Act in 1988?
4) 2022 Honk-Honk Hot Tub Bouncy Castle Convoy Protest Illegal Parking in Ottawa.
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Was this a National State of Emergency for the Nation of Canada (?) or a bylaw infraction issue in Ottawa? We’ll learn that answer to that with the release of the report from Justice Rouleau in February 2023.
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The Emergencies Act was redacted February 21st a few hours before the Senate could Wade in on it.
Emergencies Act use was a clear overreach: Senator Wells
The federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act was unnecessary, and wrong in law and substance, Senator David Wells argues.
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Ottawa was under a “Stay at Home” Order until February 16th, 2022.
COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa - Wikipedia
So it basically comes down to the occupation of Ottawa and access to Parliament.
….& the need to have Wellington Street and surrounding area open, and freed from being a parking lot for COVID 19 Protesters and their vehicles (& hot tub, & bouncy castle).
Wellington Street remains closed to vehicle traffic following 'Freedom Convoy' protest
More than a month after the Freedom Convoy protest took over Ottawa’s downtown core, the street in front of Parliament Hill remains closed to vehicles.
Driver stopped on closed section of Wellington Street in Ottawa receives $1,000 in fines
Wellington Street has been closed to vehicle traffic between Elgin Street and Bank Street since the Freedom Convoy occupation ended in February.
Incidents, construction, and special events | City of Ottawa
So, to what end? Aside from political theatre, to show the provinces who’s really in control by the NDP/Liberals & the 1/2 of the Green Party that is Elizabeth May…what was the point?
The Bloc Québécois & The Conservatives & the 1/2 of the Green Party that isn’t Elizabeth May voted against the use of the Emergencies Act on February 14th….and the Senate would have had their say the afternoon of the 21st…But it was rescinded by Trudeau et al the morning of the 21st before that could happen.
Where these protesters, who where not blockading railways and lighting them on fire, or burning down churches, or ripping down statues and throwing them into harbours or canals (in an environmentally friendly manner), “safe” targets politically as they where not nurses, or natives, or BLM, and truckers with turbans don’t count? Is that what we witnessed? Was it Justin’s chance to be a “Political Strongman” like that one guy who was the only one to use the War Measures Act outside of an actual war (whom, coincidentally, was having his statues defaced by ‘non-convoy-protestors’ previous to this particular protest)?
The shear volume of misinformation from the protestors trying to burn down an apartment building with people in it (which never happened) to foreign funding including the Russians (which also wasn’t happening) to the freezing and confiscation of funds raised through the “Go-Fund-Me” app & whatever the other one was called, to the freezing of personal bank accounts…to the attacks in the media against the protestors starting days before this protest arrived at Ottawa and Trudeau retreating to the Batcave (sorry, conveniently timed self-imposed COVID quarantine).
It was a shit-show goat-rodeo from the get go politically….once it was realized that this was real and wasn’t going to Peter out in BC. That’s when the “misogynistic’s with unacceptable thoughts and beliefs” happened when when the convoy was still rolling across the prairies but pointed east.
One of the ONLY good things that came out’a the convoy protest is that the NDP/Liberal Non-Coalition Coalition came into the light of day instead the covert bullshit of the NDP pretending to actually be opposition. It was exposed from the covert to the overt.
I know there’s weeks of testimony to go with this Inquiry yet, and many competing agenda’s…but in the true spirit of this inquiry when the safeguards where put in place in 1988 when the Emergencies Act evolved from the War Measures Act, this is about the Justification of its use and not about the illegal parking in Ottawa or the views held buy those protestors being contradictory to Trudeau’s official COVID policy of the moment. This is about whether the legal requirements and threshold for the implementation of the Emergencies Act where met. Period. Full Stop. Drop the Mic…exit stage left.
If not, then what is next to ensure this Act is never used to smack down opposing political viewpoints in our nation again like we seem to have witnessed already? If so, then what have we not been told to justify this?
For perspective, the Emergencies Act (or it’s predecessor the War Measures Act) have been used 4 times…Ever:
1) 1914-1920 Ukrainian Canadian Internment (WW1)
2) 1940-1949 Japanese Canadian & Italian Canadian Internment (WW2)
3) 1970 October Crisis in Quebec. Was it national? Was it abused? Was it hugely debated and the reason the War Measures Act was eventually scrapped and replaced with the Emergencies Measures Act in 1988?
4) 2022 Honk-Honk Hot Tub Bouncy Castle Convoy Protest Illegal Parking in Ottawa.
States of emergency in Canada - Wikipedia
Was this a National State of Emergency for the Nation of Canada (?) or a bylaw infraction issue in Ottawa? We’ll learn that answer to that with the release of the report from Justice Rouleau in February 2023.
Check out this insanity. Holy cow…
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How someone can understand so little, and be placed in the position of Ottawa City Manager. It boggles the mind.
Early in his testimony, Kanellakos was asked about an email from the president of the Ottawa-Gatineau Hotel Association to the mayor's office sent on Jan. 25—days before the convoy protesters arrived— that revealed they had clear plans to stay well beyond that first weekend.
In the email, it was flagged that the Canada United Truckers Convoy was looking to secure hotel rooms for the incoming protesters for "a minimum of 30 days to 90 days," and noting that the current count of participants was estimated at "10,000 to 15,000," who vowed to behave "in a lawful manner."
As a City Manager, he’s never heard of a “negotiating tactic“ or “plan for the worst and hope for the best“…??? They vowed to behave “in a lawful manner?” Oh the humanity!!!
In a thread stemming from this email, another city official referenced indications that truckers were planning to "leave their trucks in place, chain them together, and attempt to block all accesses to the city."
Does this dude not realize that it’s a bunch of Nancy’s speculating….& that these trucks are these peoples livelihoods so they’re not going to chain them together in order for them to get damaged once some heavy-handed monkey starts yanking on things…. these are people that come up with real world solutions to every day problems like bolt Cutters. This is about as real as the Russians burning down that apartment building in Ottawa…ugh…
Kanellakos said this information was passed along to the Ottawa Police Service, who has previously indicated they had limited intelligence on what was heading Ottawa's way in advance of the protesters descending.
Yeah, The Ottawa police did not have social media or televisions, or newspapers. That’s kind of hard to swallow. What’s a Google man?
Prior to the federal government invoking the Emergencies Act to in-part compel tow truck drivers to move vehicles blocking roads, Kanellakos testified on Oct. 17 that "early on" in the protests, the city explored options to access "heavy-duty" tow trucks capable of moving transport trucks.
Well, no doubt!! Once this parking situation was over and done with, Who did this guy think pays the bills for the “Heavy-Duty” tow trucks the other 360+ days of the year? The tow company that volunteers for this might as well just declare bankruptcy at the same time.
He said that other than two capable vehicles from OC Transpo, the city was "getting declined by everybody," even companies who were contractually obligated to tow when the city called, citing reputational damage and being sympathetic to the truckers as some of the reasons given.
And this was surprising? Wow…just wow.
"We had no access to any tow trucks other than the two that we had, and our staff were reluctant to go in," he said.
So… if your own people don’t wanna do it, you wanna force others to do it? Seems about right.
Asked by a commission lawyer then what, if anything, the city did to compel companies to take part in towing, Kanellakos said it was a short timeframe so they were limited but that city officials and lawyers were "looking at the contracts to start taking action."
And if forced to do it, all of the contracted tow truck operators would’ve contracted “COVID” or claimed to have had an exposure and had to voluntarily self isolate like Trudeau. Either that or they would just have to declare bankruptcy…not much of a choice.
Around this time in the testimony, Kanellakos also referenced trepidation from Ottawa bylaw officials to ticket vehicles out of concern for both "catching the wrong fish" and "the volatility they might create."
Your own people won’t do it, just force the tow truck operators or someone else to do your dirty work, then become shocked and confused when they respectfully decline. “Thank you but no thank you.”
Kanellakos was also asked about an "agreement" reached "through backchannel negotiations" between convoy protesters and the city on Feb. 12 to see trucks exit residential neighborhoods.
Which apparently they did. Seems they were good to their word. Misogynistic bastards.
As a result, more trucks ended up moving into the downtown core, specifically on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, which the commission heard on Oct. 17 sparked a strong reaction from the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS), responsible for security in the parliamentary precinct.
According to documents presented to the commission, in an email, acting director of the PPS Larry Brookson reached out to Kanellakos seeking to set up a call with city officials to discuss his concern about the arrangement that Brookson described as turning Wellington Street "into a parking lot of 200 plus trucks." This meeting did not occur, the commission heard. (Huh??)
"Quite honestly Steve I am at a loss as to how this sort of agreement could have been worked out with a clear disregard to security, especially considering that we just finished a bomb blast assessment which included the threat of explosive being transferred via large vehicles," Brookson wrote.
Wait…what? Bomb Blasts? Where was this coming from? Is it from the same place that the Russian funding originated? The burning down apartment buildings with people in it stories that were also untrue? These protesters are truckers and they’re gonna blow up their businesses? Their livelihoods? Leave themselves destitute? Not freaking probable even….
“….But…But Bob in accounting said that Neil heard someone in the elevator tell Nancy in payables that her uncles brothers dogs sparing partner said…”
Asked about this, Kanellakos said that he was under the impression that the PPS was informed about what was happening on the ground, and that "the bomb blast assessment, quite frankly—I'm not disregarding it—but it was a little late then. We already had hundreds of trucks up on Wellington Street."
Kanellakos spoke about the factors that went into the city declaring a state of emergency at the municipal level, which eventually happened on Feb. 6. The city manager said that the city has limited authorities in declaring an emergency and largely the advantage of doing so would be getting "the attention of other levels of government."
…& just as the jurisdictional clown show Winds itself up…so this was just a jurisdictional mess, too many cooks in the kitchen and then nobody wanted to be responsible for what spices to use. Sounds about right too.
He said that the tipping point in the city making an emergency declaration was by that point it was clear the protesters were dug in and police didn't have the resources they needed to end it. It was also at this point that the city wanted to pressure the province to step in.
It just keeps getting more and more convoluted and it’s all at the link above.
Early warnings, blast assessments, jurisdictional skirmishes: What the commission heard from a top Ottawa official — CTV News
Ottawa City Manager Steve Kanellakos testified before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Oct. 17, as public hearings continued into the invocation of the Emergencies Act to end the 'Freedom Convoy' protests. Here are some highlights from his testimony and the documents referenced during...
Early in his testimony, Kanellakos was asked about an email from the president of the Ottawa-Gatineau Hotel Association to the mayor's office sent on Jan. 25—days before the convoy protesters arrived— that revealed they had clear plans to stay well beyond that first weekend.
In the email, it was flagged that the Canada United Truckers Convoy was looking to secure hotel rooms for the incoming protesters for "a minimum of 30 days to 90 days," and noting that the current count of participants was estimated at "10,000 to 15,000," who vowed to behave "in a lawful manner."
As a City Manager, he’s never heard of a “negotiating tactic“ or “plan for the worst and hope for the best“…??? They vowed to behave “in a lawful manner?” Oh the humanity!!!
In a thread stemming from this email, another city official referenced indications that truckers were planning to "leave their trucks in place, chain them together, and attempt to block all accesses to the city."
Does this dude not realize that it’s a bunch of Nancy’s speculating….& that these trucks are these peoples livelihoods so they’re not going to chain them together in order for them to get damaged once some heavy-handed monkey starts yanking on things…. these are people that come up with real world solutions to every day problems like bolt Cutters. This is about as real as the Russians burning down that apartment building in Ottawa…ugh…
Kanellakos said this information was passed along to the Ottawa Police Service, who has previously indicated they had limited intelligence on what was heading Ottawa's way in advance of the protesters descending.
Yeah, The Ottawa police did not have social media or televisions, or newspapers. That’s kind of hard to swallow. What’s a Google man?
Prior to the federal government invoking the Emergencies Act to in-part compel tow truck drivers to move vehicles blocking roads, Kanellakos testified on Oct. 17 that "early on" in the protests, the city explored options to access "heavy-duty" tow trucks capable of moving transport trucks.
Well, no doubt!! Once this parking situation was over and done with, Who did this guy think pays the bills for the “Heavy-Duty” tow trucks the other 360+ days of the year? The tow company that volunteers for this might as well just declare bankruptcy at the same time.
He said that other than two capable vehicles from OC Transpo, the city was "getting declined by everybody," even companies who were contractually obligated to tow when the city called, citing reputational damage and being sympathetic to the truckers as some of the reasons given.
And this was surprising? Wow…just wow.
"We had no access to any tow trucks other than the two that we had, and our staff were reluctant to go in," he said.
So… if your own people don’t wanna do it, you wanna force others to do it? Seems about right.
Asked by a commission lawyer then what, if anything, the city did to compel companies to take part in towing, Kanellakos said it was a short timeframe so they were limited but that city officials and lawyers were "looking at the contracts to start taking action."
And if forced to do it, all of the contracted tow truck operators would’ve contracted “COVID” or claimed to have had an exposure and had to voluntarily self isolate like Trudeau. Either that or they would just have to declare bankruptcy…not much of a choice.
Around this time in the testimony, Kanellakos also referenced trepidation from Ottawa bylaw officials to ticket vehicles out of concern for both "catching the wrong fish" and "the volatility they might create."
Your own people won’t do it, just force the tow truck operators or someone else to do your dirty work, then become shocked and confused when they respectfully decline. “Thank you but no thank you.”
Kanellakos was also asked about an "agreement" reached "through backchannel negotiations" between convoy protesters and the city on Feb. 12 to see trucks exit residential neighborhoods.
Which apparently they did. Seems they were good to their word. Misogynistic bastards.
As a result, more trucks ended up moving into the downtown core, specifically on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, which the commission heard on Oct. 17 sparked a strong reaction from the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS), responsible for security in the parliamentary precinct.
According to documents presented to the commission, in an email, acting director of the PPS Larry Brookson reached out to Kanellakos seeking to set up a call with city officials to discuss his concern about the arrangement that Brookson described as turning Wellington Street "into a parking lot of 200 plus trucks." This meeting did not occur, the commission heard. (Huh??)
"Quite honestly Steve I am at a loss as to how this sort of agreement could have been worked out with a clear disregard to security, especially considering that we just finished a bomb blast assessment which included the threat of explosive being transferred via large vehicles," Brookson wrote.
Wait…what? Bomb Blasts? Where was this coming from? Is it from the same place that the Russian funding originated? The burning down apartment buildings with people in it stories that were also untrue? These protesters are truckers and they’re gonna blow up their businesses? Their livelihoods? Leave themselves destitute? Not freaking probable even….
“….But…But Bob in accounting said that Neil heard someone in the elevator tell Nancy in payables that her uncles brothers dogs sparing partner said…”
Asked about this, Kanellakos said that he was under the impression that the PPS was informed about what was happening on the ground, and that "the bomb blast assessment, quite frankly—I'm not disregarding it—but it was a little late then. We already had hundreds of trucks up on Wellington Street."
Kanellakos spoke about the factors that went into the city declaring a state of emergency at the municipal level, which eventually happened on Feb. 6. The city manager said that the city has limited authorities in declaring an emergency and largely the advantage of doing so would be getting "the attention of other levels of government."
…& just as the jurisdictional clown show Winds itself up…so this was just a jurisdictional mess, too many cooks in the kitchen and then nobody wanted to be responsible for what spices to use. Sounds about right too.
He said that the tipping point in the city making an emergency declaration was by that point it was clear the protesters were dug in and police didn't have the resources they needed to end it. It was also at this point that the city wanted to pressure the province to step in.
It just keeps getting more and more convoluted and it’s all at the link above.
Hmmmm. I wonder how much money was pumped into the economy of Ottawa?
I wonder how many months those businesses in Ottawa had been in lockdown already leading up to this convoy rolling in with fat wallets? How much did Trudeau/Singh seize just from the first crowd funding alone?
Who was keeping the businesses closed? After months of stay at home orders, don’t you think somebody in Ottawa wanted to sell some donuts and some soup and some sandwiches, etc…& were they allowed to & if not who prevented them?
Apparently a grocer sold plenty of eggs. Free range eggs that walked into Ottawa.
They say public inquiries aren’t about laying blame, but on Monday, the testimony at the Emergencies Act inquiry Steve Kanellakos, Ottawa’s city manager and top municipal bureaucrat, spent 3 1/2 hours testifying. He made it clear that he saw failures in intelligence gathering and protest planning by Ottawa Police Service as the biggest issues.
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The claims that no one knew simply don’t wash. Ottawa Councillor Riley Brockington warned in an email to top city officials that the numbers presented by the police were well below what could be expected.
“This is going to last more than a weekend,” Brockington wrote on Jan. 26. “The OPS today estimated 1,000-2,000 to protest. No way. Expect many more.”
Most of the focus later will be on the actions and decisions of the Trudeau government, especially what led them to invoke the act.
For the next several days, we will be treated to more local theatre, more proof that the city and its police service were inept as Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Diane Deans, the former head of the police services board, take the stand.
While I expect both Watson and Deans to blame everyone but themselves, there is plenty of blame to go around on what happened last winter — most of it lies with the city and it’s police service.
LILLEY: Emergencies Act inquiry turns into an episode of the blame game — Toronto Sun
They say public inquiries aren’t about laying blame, but on Monday, the testimony at the Emergencies Act inquiry was all about laying blame. Was it the city administration in Ottawa that was to blame? The Ottawa Police? The federal government or the province? Steve Kanellakos, Ottawa’s city...
The claims that no one knew simply don’t wash. Ottawa Councillor Riley Brockington warned in an email to top city officials that the numbers presented by the police were well below what could be expected.
“This is going to last more than a weekend,” Brockington wrote on Jan. 26. “The OPS today estimated 1,000-2,000 to protest. No way. Expect many more.”
Most of the focus later will be on the actions and decisions of the Trudeau government, especially what led them to invoke the act.
For the next several days, we will be treated to more local theatre, more proof that the city and its police service were inept as Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Diane Deans, the former head of the police services board, take the stand.
While I expect both Watson and Deans to blame everyone but themselves, there is plenty of blame to go around on what happened last winter — most of it lies with the city and it’s police service.
IMO most of the blame lies on the shoulders of Trudeau and his liberal government . They cast the convoy as far right misogynistic extremists while they were still in Saskatchewan and fled Ottawa as soon as the truckers appeared on the horizon .They say public inquiries aren’t about laying blame, but on Monday, the testimony at the Emergencies Act inquiry Steve Kanellakos, Ottawa’s city manager and top municipal bureaucrat, spent 3 1/2 hours testifying. He made it clear that he saw failures in intelligence gathering and protest planning by Ottawa Police Service as the biggest issues.
LILLEY: Emergencies Act inquiry turns into an episode of the blame game — Toronto Sun
They say public inquiries aren’t about laying blame, but on Monday, the testimony at the Emergencies Act inquiry was all about laying blame. Was it the city administration in Ottawa that was to blame? The Ottawa Police? The federal government or the province? Steve Kanellakos, Ottawa’s city...
The claims that no one knew simply don’t wash. Ottawa Councillor Riley Brockington warned in an email to top city officials that the numbers presented by the police were well below what could be expected.
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“This is going to last more than a weekend,” Brockington wrote on Jan. 26. “The OPS today estimated 1,000-2,000 to protest. No way. Expect many more.”
Most of the focus later will be on the actions and decisions of the Trudeau government, especially what led them to invoke the act.
For the next several days, we will be treated to more local theatre, more proof that the city and its police service were inept as Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Diane Deans, the former head of the police services board, take the stand.
While I expect both Watson and Deans to blame everyone but themselves, there is plenty of blame to go around on what happened last winter — most of it lies with the city and it’s police service.
The ancient wisdom is "Ya can't polish a turd." But they will keep trying, won't they?They say public inquiries aren’t about laying blame, but on Monday, the testimony at the Emergencies Act inquiry Steve Kanellakos, Ottawa’s city manager and top municipal bureaucrat, spent 3 1/2 hours testifying. He made it clear that he saw failures in intelligence gathering and protest planning by Ottawa Police Service as the biggest issues.
LILLEY: Emergencies Act inquiry turns into an episode of the blame game — Toronto Sun
They say public inquiries aren’t about laying blame, but on Monday, the testimony at the Emergencies Act inquiry was all about laying blame. Was it the city administration in Ottawa that was to blame? The Ottawa Police? The federal government or the province? Steve Kanellakos, Ottawa’s city...
The claims that no one knew simply don’t wash. Ottawa Councillor Riley Brockington warned in an email to top city officials that the numbers presented by the police were well below what could be expected.
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“This is going to last more than a weekend,” Brockington wrote on Jan. 26. “The OPS today estimated 1,000-2,000 to protest. No way. Expect many more.”
Most of the focus later will be on the actions and decisions of the Trudeau government, especially what led them to invoke the act.
For the next several days, we will be treated to more local theatre, more proof that the city and its police service were inept as Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Diane Deans, the former head of the police services board, take the stand.
While I expect both Watson and Deans to blame everyone but themselves, there is plenty of blame to go around on what happened last winter — most of it lies with the city and it’s police service.
Trudeau accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of ‘hiding’ during convoy protests, new documents show — The Globe and Mail
Minutes of a phone call revealed during Emergencies Act inquiry show that the mayor and prime minister expressed their frustration with Ontario’s leadership during convoy protests
Interesting read at the link above with everybody pointing the finger at everybody else.
Mr. Trudeau then said that, on the Ottawa policing side, he had some concerns about how the convoy was handled from the beginning, and asked about Mr. Watson’s relationship with then Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly.
Mr. Watson said that while he was confused by a comment Mr. Sloly had made about there perhaps not being a “police solution” to the protests, he was supporting the chief, as “now is not the time to change courses.”
The minutes show that the prime minister also expressed his frustration with Ontario’s leadership.
“Doug Ford has been hiding from his responsibility on it for political reasons, as you highlighted, and important that we don’t let them get away from that,” Mr. Trudeau said.
Whom was hiding again? Undisclosed Batcave location?
Trudeau accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of ‘hiding’ during convoy protests, new documents show — The Globe and Mail
Minutes of a phone call revealed during Emergencies Act inquiry show that the mayor and prime minister expressed their frustration with Ontario’s leadership during convoy protests