An internal email from a senior RCMP officer acknowledged that there was “no serious violence in Ottawa” related to the Freedom Convoy protest—an assessment that differs from that of Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
The email by Deputy Commissioner Brian Brennan to Commissioner Brenda Lucki on Feb. 21 noted that the Emergencies Act (EA) was invoked primarily due to claims of “serious violence” displayed by convoy protesters, but which he did not identify.
“[T]here was no serious violence in Ottawa (the main reason for the EA) but there was such a threat in Coutts but was handled with already existing authorities even though we could have used the Emergencies Act in Coutts to support the operation,” said Brennan in the email, according to Blacklock’s Reporter….