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The Parliamentary Protective Service said Friday it expects around 500 people to gather this weekend on Parliament Hill to mark one year since the so-called “Freedom Convoy” rolled into downtown Ottawa. The PPS, which provides security for the parliamentary precinct, said it will curtail some access to Parliament Hill over …
Read More »Ottawa police preparing for possible weekend protests on ‘Freedom Convoy’ anniversary
Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs says resources, tow trucks and staffing plans are in place as the city prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the “Freedom Convoy.” On Jan. 28 and 29, 2022, thousands of people arrived in Ottawa with trucks and big rigs, protesting COVID-19 …
Read More »‘World Unity Convoy’ planned for February in Winnipeg, organizers say – Winnipeg
The organizers of a so-called “Freedom Convoy” that paralyzed Ottawa for a month in February announced a 2023 gathering in Winnipeg. Organizers announced the plans to hold a “World Unity Convoy” in Winnipeg in a Facebook Live video Dec. 25, from a page called “Canada Unity”. They say the event …
Read More »Trudeau tells us how he became the ‘somebody’ who did ‘something’ about the convoy
In a phone call on February 2 — a few days after the self-styled Freedom Convoy set up in downtown Ottawa — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Anita Vandenbeld, the Liberal MP for Ottawa West–Nepean. As an MP from the affected area, Vandenbeld was relaying what her constituents were …
Read More »More than half of convoy donors who haven’t received refunds are Americans
More than half of the donors to the GiveSendGo convoy protest crowdfunding campaign who have not yet received refunds are Americans, CBC News has learned. CBC analyzed documents tabled by the commission of inquiry into the convoy protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks, and the donations data made …
Read More »Ottawa police launch internal investigation after inquiry hears of leaks to convoy
The interim chief of the Ottawa Police Service says the force has opened an internal investigation into a report of police information being leaked to organizers of last winter’s Freedom Convoy protest by officers sympathetic to their cause. “The information that was presented yesterday at the Emergencies Act inquiry was net-new …
Read More »Convoy leaders, Tamara Lich, set to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
Three organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa are to appear today at the public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act. Benjamin Dichter, James Bauder and Tamara Lich will testify at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is examining the use of the emergency powers …
Read More »Lawyer says convoy protesters were receiving leaked police information, Emergencies Act inquiry hears
One of the main lawyers representing some convoy organizers says the group was receiving leaked police information during the early days of protests that blocked streets in downtown Ottawa, the Emergencies Act inquiry heard. Keith Wilson, who represents organizers including Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, is testifying Wednesday in front of …
Read More »Convoy protesters testifying at Emergencies Act inquiry this week
The Emergencies Act inquiry has heard from police and local politicians, but now another group is set to share their perspective — the protesters. Chris Barber, Tamara Lich and Pat King are names many will be familiar with, but this week’s witness list also features some people who may not be as well known. …
Read More »Emergencies Act inquiry to hear from ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest organizers this week
It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic restrictions last winter. That’s the picture witnesses have painted over the first couple of …
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