Jim Willett told the Emergencies Act inquiry he warned Jason Kenney and the province's solicitor general about the impending protest by email on Jan. 27 — but RCMP didn’t establish a large police presence until three days after the blockade began.
Two days earlier, Willett had told a reporter for The Canadian Press that he was concerned about “a more extreme element” joining the protest, according to evidence tabled with the commission.
He said that he guesses about 70 per cent of people in the town supported the convoy, and it caused a major divide.‘It was garbage day’: Village of Coutts returning to normal as blockade ends “The perception around Coutts, unfortunately, due to the discovery of the guns and such, has tainted what Coutts was,” Fort Macleod, Alta., councillor Marco Van Huigenbos said from the witness stand.He said that after the weapons were discovered, it became clear that “every objective we were looking to achieve was no longer possible and that our message had been lost.
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