Former Ottawa Police Chief Says Main Challenge in Dealing With Convoy Protest Was Resources
Former Ottawa Police Service chief Peter Sloly told the Emergencies Act inquiry that as the convoy protest started to take shape in Ottawa earlier this year, he didn’t feel another police force was needed to control the demonstration.
Sloly resigned on Feb. 15, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests, amid criticism of how he handled the response to the protest.
The Public Order Emergency Commission has been formed to evaluate if the invocation of the act was justified, as required by law once the act has been used. Sloly is one of the many witnesses who are testifying until late November, after which the inquiry will enter a policy discussion phase, before submitting a final report to Parliament in February….