The pantomime continues:
McKenney, during her testimony, spoke at length about what she claims is the trauma Ottawa residents felt throughout the protest. She complained of smells, noise, traffic conjunction and verbal harassment though a video shown during testimony that McKenney took of herself wandering the streets around the convoy location showed no honking, an open lane of traffic and no truckers responding to her rants.
McKenney also refused to admit, as the Ottawa Police discovered, that a previous arson attempt at an Ottawa apartment building wasn’t related to the convoy, as earlier media reports alleged.
“I disagree,” the councillor said.
McKenney was caught on a hot mic whispering strategies to her fellow councilor, Mathieu Fleury, while he was testifying. “Respond in french,” McKenney advised Fleury to a question posed in English by a lawyer for the convoy, Brendan Miller.
“Don’t fall for it,” McKenney whispered.
Zexi Li, the first witness to testify in the inquiry, stated that more crimes were occurring during the convoy protests. That claim stands in contrast to an Ottawa Police admission first reported by Blacklock’s that crime rate went down by 90% while the protest was occurring.
Li also remarked that off color snow in the street was evidence that protesters were urinating and defecating publicly.
(Sidebar: the Chinese national apparently has never had a dog.)
Remember - no one at this inquiry, including Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, mingled with the crowds, saw any wrong-doing, nor reported any to the police, or provided evidence for their assertions.
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Nothing to see here… Just Ottawa Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa admitting he met with @gofundme and pressured them to freeze the convoy fundraiser, which they did. And for which he “lauded” them. The criminals are running the prison... #DictatorWatson pic.twitter.com/If0V8BEqWZ
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) October 18, 2022
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Freedom Convoy organizers were complying with a city agreement to move trucks the very day cabinet declared a national emergency, a public inquiry was told yesterday. Ottawa City Manager Steve Kanellakos testified he had no warning cabinet would invoke the Emergencies Act: “Were there incidents? There always are. Was there any extreme violence or anybody seriously injured? No.”
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