At the Emergencies Act inquiry Wednesday, David Lametti sought to play down the meaning behind his texts with Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino
Federal Attorney-General David Lametti thought it might be necessary to call in the military in response to the protests gridlocking Ottawa last winter and talked about “tanks” in the streets with Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, according to texts tabled at the Emergencies Act inquiry on Wednesday.
“How many tanks are you asking for I just wanna ask Anita how many we’ve got on hand,” Mr. Mendicino said in response, referring to Defence Minister Anita Anand.The extraordinary exchange between two senior cabinet ministers came on the sixth day of anti-government, anti-vaccine mandate protests that gripped the capital. By that point Ottawa police were overwhelmed and it was unclear how the entrenched protests would end.
Texts tabled with the inquiry show that on Feb. 4, the two ministers again texted about the Ottawa protests. “Police have all the legal authority they need to enforce the law,” Mr. Mendicino texted Mr. Lametti, adding, “They just need to exercise it, and do their job.” The questioning from Public Order Emergency Commission senior counsel Gordon Cameron focused on whether Mr. Lametti was seeking to influence police operations and his thinking around the use of the Emergencies Act. A series of texts tabled at the inquiry show that by the third day of the protests in Ottawa, Mr. Lametti was already considering invoking the sweeping powers.
The minister told the inquiry he was referencing the Emergencies Act and said it was something he was “prudently raising” to begin thinking “about in case we need it.”
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