Breaking: Trudeau government told of ‘potential for breakthrough’ with Ottawa protesters day before it used Emergencies Act
The revelation comes from meeting minutes and agendas submitted last week in Federal Court, where civil liberties groups are challenging how the federal government used the law — which had never been invoked before — to give police and banks extraordinary powers to quash protests against COVID-19 health measures that blocked border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa this winter.
The Prime Minister’s Office referred inquiries about the documents to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office on Wednesday evening. Mendicino’s office had not responded by Thursday afternoon. The government has justified the move by stating the protests posed an economic and security threat, and presented the potential for “serious violence.”
The documents say officials wanted to develop a “tactical operational plan” in the event they invoked the act. They also include the question “How does this get communicated?” and said, “We need scenario planning to show how bad things could actually get.”
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