The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) did not request that the federal government invoke the Emergencies Act to deal with the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa this winter, its interim chief told a House committee on May 17.
“We were involved in conversations with our partners and with the political ministries; we didn’t make a direct request for the Emergencies Act,” said OPS interim chief Steve Bell in responding to a question from Conservative MP Andrew Scheer.
Bell was testifying before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) which is studying the expansion of the parliamentary precinct to bring portions of Wellington and Sparks streets under federal jurisdiction in light of the trucker-led demonstration earlier this year….