The RCMP officer told the court one of the men facing trial said police would be met with ‘resistance’ if they tried to break up the blockade
Anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., on Feb. 1, 2022.An undercover RCMP officer who infiltrated the protest group that blocked the Canada -U.S. border in Coutts, Alta., testified that one of the men facing trial said he was part of a “revolution” and that he was prepared to meet police “with resistance” if they attempted to overrun the blockade.
“He said he had been there since Day 1 and that he had sold his house and his vehicle so that he could be part of the revolution,” officer HQ1298 told the court. “He made note that if the police were to come into Coutts to try to overrun them, that they would be met with resistance.” Officer HQ1298 said she and her partner posed as supporters of the convoy and delivered food and volunteered to prepare meals at Smuggler’s Saloon. She said one of the female protesters told her she had a sore throat and that “one of the leaders,” Mr. Olienick, was going to bring her ivermectin – an anti-parasitic medication falsely claimed by some to be a cure for COVID-19.
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