During the Freedom Convoy protest that took place in downtown Ottawa in early 2022, Public Safety Canada issued a false bulletin claiming that protesters were ransacking federal office buildings, according to records obtained through an access to information request.
On June 5, Alexander Cohen, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, said the department had no involvement in the bulletin sent out by the Government Operations Centre, which is a division of Public Safety Canada.
“The minister’s office does not direct the Government Operations Centre,” said Cohen.
According to a Blacklock’s Reporter article on June 6, the centre issued the “faked security bulletin” at 3:54 p.m. Ottawa local time on Jan. 28, 2022, the first day of the protest outside Parliament Hill….