So, what would have happened if the EA wasn't invoked? That's what I'd like to know. I've been following the Inquiry on CPAC, and I'm getting the impression the trucks were there for the long term and the Ottawa & Ont police were not getting them moved out. It was a seige #pnpcbc
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I get the impression they were at an impasse. Tow trucks wouldn't comply. Counter protests (understandable they'd be fed up) raised risks. The convoy participants were getting emboldened by lack of enforcement and setting more barrel fires in the street, open movement of fuel.
(Redo) 3/
Counter protesters fed up = raised risk of clashing w/convoy. Fed with being sleep deprived, w/convoy urinating & defecating on their properties, of being harassed for wearing masks, of lack of children getting access to hosp treatments, of businesses closed, and so on.
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The feds were forced to step in due to this impasse. Even Amb Bridge situation was simmering, w/overheard chat indicating convoy plan to wait off site (at that farm) & then return a while later on. EA prevented this. Also Diagalon connected Coutts w/their guns & Ottawa convoy.
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Convoy supporters are falsely claiming it's Trudeau's fault since he wouldn't meet with them. Here's @IsisWise' tweet with screenshots that prove the convoy leaders had no intention of leaving regardless of any so-called deals or meetings

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Emilie Taman w/Coalition of Ottawa Residents & Businesses cross exam'd Chris Deering & Maggie Hope Braun at #POEC, using most of her (short) allotted time to show compilation (had been submitted before POEC began), then asked them about it at the end.
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