Mon. Nov 18th, 2024

Jim Watson, Ottawa mayor testified at the Public Order Emergency Commission that neither he nor the City of Ottawa requested the invocation of the Emergencies Act.

“He was neither consulted on nor advised of the federal government’s intention of using the unprecedented measure”, Watson said.

MAYOR JIM WATSON, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Ms. Natalia Rodriguez
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. Tom Curry
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan van Niejenhuis
Cross-Examination by Mr. Alan Honner
Cross-Examination by Mr. Sujit Choudhry

Mayor Jim Watson testifies that he was not consulted on the Emergencies Act before it was invoked, nor did the city of Ottawa request the Emergencies Act. “Very few people knew what the Emergencies Act was”.

Alan Honner asked Jim Watson if he actually saw masks ripped off of people and Jim Watson said, “No, I saw it reported in the media”, nor did Watson personally know of any physical attacks.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson “The prize pig was Wellington Street” Watson claiming that protestors had the intention to “go in with these vulgar flags, swastikas, confederate flags and so on” with the backdrop of “Parliament Hill like they have taken over the country.”

“It has very little impact on public safety”: Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says the city’s state of emergency was used to bolster a failing administration — not the “overall removal of individuals” from the convoy protest.

“None of the mandates that they were protesting had anything to do with the city of Ottawa”: Mayor Jim Watson describes his concerns with the provincial and federal govts lack of support for the city during the convoy.

In a discussion with PM Justin Trudeau, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson stated that the people on the ground during the convoy are “nasty people that just don’t represent Canada” who remind him of the Republican Party.

Did the city request that it [the Emergencies Act] be invoked?

Mayor Watson – No.

“Whether it was the city, or the provincial or federal governments, we all have to take responsibility for the fact that we did not act fast enough, and that the people of Ottawa suffered the most as a result of the fact that we did not clean up that occupation for three weeks.”

Mayor Watson: We collectively-all three orders of government and the police-did not respond quick enough, we allowed that major street, it bled into the residential streets, to be taken over by a group of people that had no respect for the law.

So, they failed. Protestors paid.

A letter by Mayor Watson described the honking as “being tantamount to psychological warfare.”

“Having horns honking, plus diesel fumes, plus roasting a pig on one street, plus bonfires, lighting off fireworks, having a dance party – it was showing complete disrespect.”

MR. KIM AYOTTE, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Ms. Natalia Rodriguez
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. Rob Kittredge
Cross-Examination by Mr. Andrew Gibbs
Cross-Examination by Ms. Colleen McKeown
Cross-Examination by Ms. Alyssa Tomkins

Kim Ayotte, Ottawa Emergency Services testifies that Convoy protesters were concerned about maintaining safety lanes and kept safety lanes open during the protest and avoided blocking emergency service vehicles.

Kim Ayotte, Emergency Services testifies that a bomb threat at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and that the increase in 911 calls were “suspected” to be related, but there was no evidence connecting them to the Convoy.

Kim Ayotte confirms that a deal between the Freedom Convoy and the City of Ottawa that saw trucks being relocated from the residential areas onto Wellington or out of the downtown core was stopped by the Ottawa Police.

Kim Ayotte, Ottawa’s of emergency and protective services confirmed from Brendan Miller’s question that “Not a single assaulting a peace officer charge was laid” during the Convoy protest when issuing of 3,000+ bi-law tickets.

Kim Ayotte regarding letter saying no fire trucks could make it to the hotel Chateau Laurier said the reality is there was 3 other trucks responding and responders were already in the hotel and the risk of this call was very low.

In response to Mathieu Fleury’s testimony about a construction type truck with a legal diesel container when Fleury testified we should have evacuated the Rideau Centre, Kim Ayotte responded “well that’s not accurate because the risk is still low.”

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