Ontario Premier Doug Ford and former Solicitor General Sylvia Jones have been summoned to appear at the Public Order Emergency Commission, looking into the use of the Emergencies Act.

The commission says they will get confirmation later today if they will appear #cdnpoli
Both Jones and Ford have come up repeatedly in testimony

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said Ford didn't want anyone from the province to attend meetings with other levels of government to deal with the Convoy because it would be a "waste of time" #cdnpoli

Ottawa's top civil servant said Jones told him "(the Convoy) was a law enforcement matter, it wasn't for elected officials to get involved with that"

And the PM had went after Ford in private phone calls with Watson, saying that he was "hiding from his responsibility" when it comes to the Convoy because of politics #cdnpoli #ottnews

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Aug 29
Back at St. Bridget's church, a local man went inside and sat on the stage

TUPOC director William Komer said the guy was trespassing and could be arrested by their private security, then the actually Ottawa Police showed up and arrested the guy #ottnews

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As I outlined on Friday, the landlord put forward substantial evidence to show that TUPOC is actually trespassing.

Not sure how a random citizen can be arrested at the request of TUPOC members, who are also being accused of trespassing #ottnews

ctvnews.ca/canada/ottawa-…
As for the actual arrest itself, the guy was walking out of the church on his own, when he says to the cops “Nice to see you defend these guys, who shut down the city for a month”

The cop then asks for his name and he replies “you’re a fucking hero”

Then he gets arrested
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Feb 25
Pat King is about to learn if he will get bail or not.

King's lawyer argued for his release in a bail hearing on Tuesday. A fellow protester who met him four weeks ago offered to be his surety. She pledged $50,000 to guarantee his bail. #cdnpoli

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/bail-decision-…
Crown Lawyer Moiz Karimjee is asking that King's bail application be re-opened. He is now outlining previous cases to support this #cdnpoli
Karimjee says on Sept 4th 2016, King was charged with uttering threats, and as part of his bail, he was required to surrender any firearms to the RCMP. He did but two days later, he buys a restricted firearm.

Crown argues it shows King won't follow bail conditions #cdnpoli
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Feb 17
Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife, to take your mind off city council garbage

Possibly the weirdest showing yet at Ottawa’s Hottest Club, Wellington St

People are just standing beside this truck with their hands up as a horn honks to a freedom chant #cdnpoli
The only other thing happening at Wellington St. is these guys are trying to play keep up. As you can see, they are very poor soccer players. Keep working on your first touch boys! #cdnpoli #ottnews
Leaving Wellington St, you see this group of trucks in a new formation, clogging what was earlier today a clear intersection.

This is common to see now at major intersections, a ploy by the convoy to make it hard to tow trucks #cdnpoli #ottnews
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Feb 16
A large group of protestors just confronted the cops on Queen St.

Looks like the cops weren’t happy with the truck that is parked across the street here on Queen. The group came in and started chanting freedom #cdnpoli #ottnews
In between the chanting of freedom, this guy is reading off the bill of rights.

Other people are yelling at the cops to go home #cdnpoli #ottnews
The crowd just went into a rendition of O Canada, then someone blew a horn right in the face of one of the cops #cdnpoli #ottnews
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Feb 16
The Convoy has called press conference. The speakers are Daniel Bulford, Vincent Gircys, Eddie Stewart Cornell #cdnpoli #ottnews
Bulford says the Emergencies Act still allows people with kids to come Ottawa as long as they are participating in peaceful protest, which they are saying this is #cdnpoli #ottnews
Bulford is inviting everyone to come to Ottawa because it will make it more difficult for the police to enforce the new orders #cdnpoli #ottnews
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Feb 15
I’m in the gallery for QP

Candice Bergen starts off by calling the use of the Emergencies Act “an Unprecedented sledgehammer”

Trudeau reiterates what he said yesterday about about time limited measures #cdnpoli
Bergen asks Trudeau when he will lift “Divisive, outdated and unscientific mandates”

Trudeau said the CPC can’t stop playing crass political games at a time of a crisis #cdnpoli #ottnews
The CPC line today seems to be the blockade in Coutts ended without the Emergencies Act, so we do we need to bring it in?

Should note, the RCMP did find a bunch of guns there, which seemed to scare a bunch of the protestors off #cdnpoli #ottnews

beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/…
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