OTTAWA — A former senior officer for the Ontario Provincial Police says the “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa could have been ended without the federal…
Former Chief Supt. Carson Pardy told the public inquiry examining the invocation of the act Friday that plans to clear the demonstrations were consistently delayed because of confusion and disorganization within the ranks of Ottawa police, and that the chief of police didn’t trust his OPP team.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
It had been more than 10 days since a convoy of big-rig trucks arrived in the capital, with protesters opposed to COVID-19 mandates and the Liberal government embedding themselves in downtown streets and forcing businesses to close. In his interview with the commission, Pardy said a significant number of Ottawa police officers “walked away due to unbearable stress.”
Pardy told the commission communications and logistics were “critical points of failure,” saying that not all officers had radios that could communicate with officers from other services. “You need to know what these people are going to be doing when they get there, right down to where they stay and who’s feeding them,” Pardy told the commission.The federal Liberals ultimately invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 for the first time since its passage in 1988.
It has also revealed that not all were in agreement over the extent to which there was a serious threat of extremist violence among protesters.
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