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"Policing failures" large and small "contributed to a situation that spun out of control" when protest convoys converged on the capital last winter, according to the final report of the Public Order Emergency Commission."

Multiple witnesses have told the public inquiry into the first-ever use of the Emergencies Act that organizers of the far-right Convoy received “a constant stream of leaks” from active-duty police and CSIS officers.

OTTAWA - The Public Order Emergency Commission is tasked with understanding what led the Liberal government to...

Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly said last winter’s convoy protests “badly exposed" issues with policing and national security in Canada, according to evidence tabled with the Emergencies Act inquiry ahead of his testimony later this morning. 

OTTAWA - The Public Order Emergency Commission is tasked with understanding what led the Liberal government to invoke the Emergencies Act to clear protests against COVID-19 mandates and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that gridlocked Ottawa streets and several border crossings.

Morris’ testimony was a carefully scripted intelligence intervention with the aim of recasting the Convoy—a far-right conspiracy instrumentalized by a powerful faction of the ruling class—as a peaceful protest, and further augmenting right-wing pressure on the Trudeau government.

Over the last few days, the national inquiry examining the federal governments invocation of the Emergencies Act has been hearing from initial police witnesses from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Ottawa Police Service (OPS). With more police testimony scheduled in the days ahead, here are some key findings so far.

Patricia Ferguson, acting deputy chief of Ottawa police, is testifying before the Emergencies Act inquiry