Windsor Mayor in direct contact with public safety minister from start of blockade

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens is testifying today at a public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act

to clear “Freedom Convoy”' protesters blockading streets around Parliament Hill and several border crossings.

Dilkens says protesters began “slow-roll” convoys along the main road to the Ambassador Bridge in late January. The Canada Border Services Agency warned the City of Windsor the agency might have to block the bridge for safety reasons as the number of protesters grew. Dilkens says he passed that news along to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino in a text message on Feb. 4.

By the evening of Feb. 7, the bridge was completely blocked as protesters set up a camp and declared they would not leave.

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