Ottawa People’s Commission gives voice to residents’ experience, concerns and calls for action after the 2022 convoy occupation. An initiative of Centretown CHC
Feb 22, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
The convoy occupation was a human rights failure. How could a human rights framework have been applied during the convoy occupation? 🧵1/10
Upholding the importance of the right to peaceful protest while recognizing the wide range of human rights of residents, workers and business owners that was at stake in Ottawa and Gatineau for those three weeks. 2/10
Feb 22, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
L'occupation du convoi était un échec envers droits de la personne. Comment un cadre des droits de la personne aurait pu être appliqué pendant l'occupation du convoi ? 🧵1/11
Soutenir l'importance du droit de manifester pacifiquement tout en reconnaissant le large éventail de droits humains des résidents, des travailleurs et des propriétaires d'entreprise qui était en jeu à Ottawa et à Gatineau pendant ces trois semaines. 2/11
Jan 30, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The community mobilized.
Residents came together to support each other when emergency and city services abandoned them.
Jan 30, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
The people of Ottawa were abandoned.
Police virtually stopped enforcing the law in the red zone, appearing to do everything to avoid escalation. They instead provided space for the convoy to occupy the city.
Jan 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The convoy occupation was
unquestionably violent.
It was not a peaceful, or mainly peaceful, event as has often been asserted. The strategy of using big rig trucks to blockade streets, and blare horns incessantly at harmful decibel levels, was a violent underpinning to the entire experience.
