The deputy secretary on emergency preparedness is testifying at the Public Order Emergency Commission along with the clerk of the Privy Council and deputy clerk
The federal government’s deputy secretary on emergency preparedness says cabinet was presented with an ever-expanding menu of options to help resolve the growing protests blockading Ottawa streets and border crossings across the country last winter.
Bogden says once it became clear protesters did not plan to leave downtown Ottawa, several cabinet ministers convened to review what the federal government could contribute to end the blockades.
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