OPS\u0027s Robert Bernier stopped short of saying the act’s powers weren’t necessary during his testimony to the Emergencies Act Commission
But the then-Ottawa Police Service superintendent Robert Bernier stopped short of saying the act’s powers weren’t useful or necessary to police during his testimony to the Public Order Emergencies Commission Wednesday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
OPS Freedom Convoy “event commander” Supt. Bernier told the commission that he had received full sign off on a plan to clear the capital’s streets on Feb. 13, one day before the federal government invoked the act. But he would not tell the commission that the act was unnecessary, because he ultimately “did not get to do the operation without it.” But he noted that OPS had exercised similar powers without the Emergencies Act before and after the Freedom Convoy without issue.Article content
“The secure zone options that were offered through the emergencies Act was a benefit,” he told the commission. “Anything that’s going to contribute to mission success is a benefit.”
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