Commissioner Paul Rouleau speaks to media after tabling his #POEC report. We are told he will not take questions. #cdnpoli Rouleau's report should be online shortly--it found "with reluctance" that government met threshold for invoking #EmergenciesAct , noted policing failures as well provincial Ontario gov't's absence in engagement. #cdnpoli

Waiting on news conference w/ Minister Champagne to ask questions about this following @Rogers outage last week. He says he directed it and other telecomm giants to reach agreements on emergency roaming, mutual assistance + comms protocol. And says @CRTCeng also to investigate.

https://twitter.com/FP_Champagne/status/1546592026510213121

@FP_Champagne starts with an apology for being late, says for an hour he spoke to heads of Rogers, Telus, Bell, Videotron, Shaw and East Link.

@OttawaPolice news update right now. Watch #LIVE on @CPAC_TV :
cpac.ca/episode?id=689… Interim chief Steve Bell says they've made important progress today.

Couldn't quite catch that part on camera, but as these three rigs went down O'Connor Street leaving the Parliamentary Precinct, there were both scattered cheers and a gent using, well, a single finger to say goodbye. #cdnpoli #protestconvoy I'm just trying to go grocery shopping! But another pickup leaving if you can see the flag there on the pickup. 'Freedom!' the driver chanted to a pedestrian nearby. He replied with another expression that started with the f word. #protestconvoy

One of the #protestconvoy's main organizers, Tamara Lich, arguably its most famous face, will be in court tomorrow morning Saturday at 9:30 a.m. She was arrested yesterday night and faces a charge of counselling to commit mischief. #cdnpoli Meanwhile, as reported by colleague @NicoleatCBC earlier, one of the other organizers, Chris Barber, was released under bail. His conditions: he has 24 hours to leave Ottawa....(cont'd)

@OttawaPolice news conference about to get underway, follow #LIVE here:
cpac.ca/episode?id=e90… Starting in 5 minutes, we're told, and there will be no French. #cdnpoli #ProtestConvoy

Relatively quiet morning on Wellington. That warmup tent by the National War Memorial is still there in the background (the red spot).

#LIVE: Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau on now, expected to announce Emergency Act in light of #ProtestConvoy. #cdnpoli Watch here:
cpac.ca/episode?id=5e1… @JustinTrudeau thanks officers on the ground who helped reopen Ambassador Bridge. But says it's clear there are impediments, difficulties for them to act alone. "The federal government is ready to use more tools at its disposal to get the situation fully under control."

2nd night since @fordnation declared provincial state of emergency, 16th night of #ConvoyProtest in Ottawa. Smaller crowd than yesterday, but that may have had more to do w/ -24 C w/ windchill temp than augmented police presence. (Pictured: all police I saw on my walk) #cdnpoli (these pix are not live-ish, I took them between 10:11 pm and when I got home--sorry folx, too cold to take pics and tweet 'em without freezing fingers).

There's a court injunction against blowing horns still in effect. #cdnpoli #protestconvoy just fyi I have seen two police officers while I've been walking along this stretch of Wellington on the night @fordnation declared a provincial state of emergency. Have definitely seen more police presence on other nights.

Protestors again at Trudeau's next event. Supporters here too. Some of the completely illogical screaming: "crimes against humanity," a bunch of swearing. Yelling at journalists again. We were told we'd burn in hell. #cdnmedia #elxn44

We're @JustinTrudeau 's next stop. Media getting called fake news, etc. #cdnpoli #elxn44 Usually there have been supporters screaming and shouting out protestors. Not the case at this Nobleton Ont. stop for @JustinTrudeau as he waves at the demonstrators before walking in. #cdnpoli #elexn44

We are in the Quebec City-area riding of Beauport-Limoilou this morning waiting for Liberal leader @JustinTrudeau to make an an announcement on seniors. #cdnpoli #elxn44 Beauport-Limoilou is held by the @BlocQuebecois . Liberals are hoping to take it w/ Ann Gingras, a well-known union veteran in the area.
(BG en français via @iciradiocanada :
ici.radio-canada.ca/amp/1815597/an…)

We're waiting for @JustinTrudeau to show up at an event in a backyard in Surrey this a.m. Protestors outside. Colleagues have identified at least one who followed Liberals from Hamilton Ontario yesterday to Surrey BC today. Would not say if he's w/ an organization. #cdnpoli @JustinTrudeau up now, says it is such a treat to be back in BC, his second home. He's flanked by Gordie Hogg, who is running for Liberals in Surrey South White Rock, currently held by Conservatives.

@JustinTrudeau starts off his news conference by stating situation w/ #COVID19 very serious across country. "Everyone is working around the clock to get as many Canadians vaccinated as quickly as possible," he says, a few hours after we've heard @US_FDA reco to hit pause on Johnson and Johnson vaccine. (BG here: cbc.ca/news/world/joh…)

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… For those keeping track it's Alberta's third daily record in a row and fourth time we've passed the 1,000 new cases per day mark.

@CMOH_Alberta says the current context is "grim," says 1,155 new cases since yesterday. Third time in a week we've reached over 1,000 new cases threshold. Eleven new cases.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… @CMOH_Alberta says two individuals died in their 30s this week. They had co-morbidities, but not on their own "life-threatening."

Alberta Premier @jkenney will join @CMOH_Alberta today at the province's #COVID19 briefing. Not a surprise as we expect currently unspecified new public-health restrictions to be announced. While we wait to hear from Alberta, neighbouring Saskatchewan reports 111 new #COVID19 cases, says new public health measures TBA tomorrow.

We are in court for the sentencing hearing of Matt McKnight. He was found guilty of five counts of sex assault.
Background story here:
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… Also follow my colleague @cbcjanjohnston , who has bee covering much of this case from the beginning.