Bill Blair Says Police Did Not Ask for Emergencies Act Saying it is a Decision of Government

Tia Riley — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:41:12 +0000

Former Public Safety Minister of Bill Blair contradicts current Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. Emergency preparedness minister Bill Blair is the latest to admit that the police didn’t ask for the Emergencies Act to be invoked:

“I’m not aware of any recommendation of law enforcement,” Blair said Tuesday. “Quite frankly, this is a decision of government.”

Blair said during the “Freedom Convoy” he spoke regularly with police who “were clearly having difficulties” restoring law and order, and that his role was to try to figure out why that was happening.

In response to Sen. Claude Carignan, who asked if Blair was aware of any such recommendation, he said, “Frankly I would have been quite surprised if the police had actually made a policy recommendation or asked for any legislative authority.”

“I do not believe that would have been an appropriate thing for law enforcement to ask, and they did not ask,” Blair said.”

During Emergencies Act committee testimony Bill Blair also admitted that Marco Mendicino misled Canadians when Mendicino linked the Freedom Convoy to the arson attempt in Ottawa.

Bill Blair confirms during testimony that police did not ask for the Emergencies Act “I’m not aware of any recommendation from law enforcement, quite frankly, this was the decision of government. It was it was it’s a decision of the government.”

Police Plan to Dismantle the Ottawa Freedom Protest Didn’t Need the Emergencies Act

Tia Riley — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:17:54 +0000

According to police testimony during a parliamentary committee meeting, on February 12, 2022 before the Emergencies Act was invoked, police had a plan and adequate police resources in place to dismantle the Ottawa freedom protest before the Emergencies Act was invoked.

During testimony the RCMP was asked “12th of February you confident that the police were at a point where their plan would be successful in removing and clearing, making whatever is necessary. The people that were situated on Wellington Street and beyond.” RCMP confirmed that they were confident that the convoy could be removed with the existing plan “I was briefed of the planet a 12th. I’m confident. And as I mentioned earlier, this is a plan that’s in motion. It’s dynamic. It’s fluid because of what we’re seeing on a train. But I’m confident it might have tweaked a little bit as we move to the kinetic portion. But yes, I was confident, but certainly that no concerns if I may, you had no concerns that you didn’t have the resources didn’t have the capability and capacity to actually operationalize the plan.”