The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) had secured heavy duty tow trucks to remove the Freedom Convoy protest before the Emergencies Act was invoked, a senior officer of the force said on Wednesday.
“The majority of the arrangements were all done by [Feb.] 13th because they were actually in transit to Ottawa,” testified OPS Supt. Robert Bernier before the Public Order Emergency Commission.
The Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 to deal with cross-country protests and blockades.
“That being said, there was some final, obviously contract and finance work that needed to be taken care of in the days that followed, but to my knowledge, we did not have to adopt any processes under the Emergencies Act to compel any of them to follow through on their actions,” said Bernier….