Peter Sloly is the third police official to say they did not ask directly for the invocation of the act
“I did not make that request, I’m not aware of anybody else in the Ottawa Police Service who did.”
Sloly testified in front of a House of Commons committee that is studying the potential of expanding the parliamentary precinct to include some of the streets south of Parliament Hill after the Freedom Convoy protesters took over some of those same streets.Article content The former chief asked for resources from the federal and provincial government, mostly police officers, but he said he also needed tow trucks and other help.
Ultimately, after the invocation of the emergencies act, which froze bank accounts of convoy leaders, and allowed the government to close access to the area and force tow trucks into service, nearly 2,000 police moved in and cleared the area.
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