Coutts Mayor Jim Willett said Wednesday \u0027domestic terrorists\u0027 were at the heart of a lengthy border protest against COVID\u002D19 restrictions.
Coutts Mayor Jim Willett’s comments were made to the inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell such protests, which also heard he believed then-premier Jason Kenney didn’t characterize or take the situation seriously enough.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
A text message conversation between Coutts Mayor Jim Willett and then Alberta transportation minister Rajan Sawhney, entered into evidence at the commission into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act.
In text messages discussed at the inquiry Wednesday between Willett and an Alberta journalist, the mayor further expressed his wish to have the protesters branded as domestic terrorists.“When I look for the definition of a domestic terrorist, these people seem to fit that bill and yet no one ever labelled them that,” he said.
The blockade put a stranglehold on the 224-person village of Coutts from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14., restricting commercial access across the Coutts-Sweetgrass border crossing — Alberta’s busiest trade route.Article content
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