The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) assessed the threat posed by the cross-country protests and blockades as “low” throughout last winter’s events, its former president told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 16.
But at the time the Liberal government was invoking the Emergencies Act on the afternoon of Feb. 14 to deal with the protests, CBSA changed the language in its assessment to indicate there was a greater threat at hand.
Former CBSA president John Ossowski was presented at the inquiry with “Situational Reports” produced by his agency during the events of February.
“As of Feb 14, 2022 at 0830 ET, the overall threat to CBSA officers and infrastructure is low,” says one situational update from the same day at 10:30 am….