"Policing failures" large and small "contributed to a situation that spun out of control" when protest convoys converged on the capital last winter, according to the final report of the Public Order Emergency Commission."
Multiple witnesses have told the public inquiry into the first-ever use of the Emergencies Act that organizers of the far-right Convoy received “a constant stream of leaks” from active-duty police and CSIS officers.
Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly said last winter’s convoy protests “badly exposed" issues with policing and national security in Canada, according to evidence tabled with the Emergencies Act inquiry ahead of his testimony later this morning.