A cutting-edge surveillance plane used by Canadian special forces flew over the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa despite a military directive against such overflights.
The Canadian military issued a directive on Jan. 27 saying its vehicles and personnel should avoid the downtown Ottawa protest and the Royal Canadian Air Force shouldn’t fly over it, reported the Ottawa Citizen.
Special forces leaders justified going around the directive by saying the plane was owned by a private defense contractor.
“The amplifications provided by the RCAF through this directive did not apply to these training activities, which were contracted outside of the RCAF,” Department of National Defence (DND) spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier told the Ottawa Citizen.
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