The security service in charge of protecting Canada’s Parliament did not request the Emergencies Act, its acting director told a House committee on Tuesday.   Chief Operations Officer Larry Brookson answered with a simple “No” when asked by Tory MP Brad Vis during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs if the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS) requested the act be invoked. The committee is currently conducting a study on expanding the parliamentary precinct to include sections of Wellington and Sparks Streets, in view of the trucker-led Freedom Convoy protest that blocked parts of downtown Ottawa in February.
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