City Had Tow Trucks Lined Up Before Invocation of Emergencies Act, Says Ottawa Police Dep. Chief

City Had Tow Trucks Lined Up Before Invocation of Emergencies Act, Says Ottawa Police Dep. Chief
Police inspect one of the few remaining protest trucks before having it towed out of the downtown core, in Ottawa on Feb. 20, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The Liberal government has claimed a number of times that it was necessary to invoke the Emergencies Act to compel towing companies to remove the heavy trucks from downtown Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protest, but the city’s police deputy chief said on Thursday that tow trucks were on their way before the invocation.

“You stated earlier that you did have tow trucks lined up and that they were on their way to Ottawa prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act. Isn’t that true?” asked counsel Rob Kittredge of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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