There were complaints that Mounties were not doing enough at the Canada\u002DU. S. border\u002Dcrossing in Coutts, Alta., when protests erupted over COVID\u002D19 pandemic policies.
“Why are the RCMP not doing anything? Arrest them. Seize their vehicles. They are economic terrorists,” another complaint said of the protesters.
Many complaints were about a YouTube video near the Coutts highway protest in which a person alleges RCMP caused damage to excavators. “Is the state engaging in sabotage the kind of country you want for your fellow citizens? For your children and grandchildren?” a complaint said.“If you can’t find a tow truck company, buy three or four yourselves and pay them off with the money from the seized rigs,” a complaint from Feb. 8, 2022 said.Article content
It was also found through social media and investigation that the person who made the complaint was very likely one of the protesters at the Alberta border crossing.Article contentProtests at the Coutts crossing, in downtown Ottawa and elsewhere were eventually snuffed out when the Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act, a move a public inquiry later found was justified.
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