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OTTAWA — Two days before the Emergencies Act was invoked last February to quell anti-government convoy protests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned cabinet ministers that international partners were concerned Canada wasn't able to control the situation.
"The prime minister promised quick action in enforcing the law and the president thanked him for the steps he and other Canadian authorities are taking," the White House said on Feb. 11. By Saturday, Feb. 12, protesters were using social media to co-ordinate, beginning"slow roll" protests, and involving children in their actions by bringing them to blockades to prevent police activity and engaging schools in walkouts, the documents say.
Ottawa police released a statement Feb. 12 saying there were more than 4,000 people in the downtown area and there had been"aggressive, illegal behaviour." The Ottawa Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police and RCMP then established an enhanced Integrated Command Centre to co-ordinate. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino told his colleagues there seemed to be two distinct movements involved: a"relatively harmless and happy" faction with a"strong relationship to faith communities," and a more concerning group"of harder extremists trying to undermine government institutions and law enforcement."
"Many of the citizens and businesses in Ottawa have been cheering us on but we are also disturbing others. That was never our intent," Lich wrote to Watson.
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