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A public inquiry on Friday found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was right to use emergency powers to dislodge trucker-led protesters that jammed Canada's capital last year. The self-styled "Freedom Convoy" of truckers rolled into the city last January from across Canada to express anger at Covid vaccine manda...
Report calls out policing failures and Ontario's inaction during an 'unsafe and chaotic' protest
We already know the main lesson from the 2022 protest: someone needs to step up and take charge. Logically, that would be the mayor.
Ottawa Police did not inform or involve the City of Ottawa — or the board that oversees them — until just before the convoy protest descended on the capital last year, according to the city's auditor general.
There is much for our city council and bureaucrats to fix — before the next big protest rumbles into town.