Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino was “very persistent” in speaking with the RCMP about their handling of the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa after the Emergencies Act was invoked, according to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki.
“My Minister very persistent,” Lucki said, as quoted in minutes of a Feb. 15 teleconference with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Plan with engagement/reduce the footprint and a lockdown of the city for the weekend. Cannot have more people coming in,” Lucki also said.
The government had invoked the Emergencies Act just one day prior to the teleconference meeting. Lucki attended another teleconference on Feb. 15 with the same police forces, the minutes of which quoted her saying the Freedom Convoy protesters needed to be cleared faster….