Peter Sloly also told a Parliamentary committee he faced pressure to resign from the Ottawa Police Services Board.
He also faced pressure from the Ottawa Police Services Board, Sloly said Thursday in testimony at a joint Parliamentary committee studying the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The protests, which also included blockades at a bridge linking Windsor, Ont., to the United States and a border crossing at Coutts, Alta., represented an unprecedented national security crisis, Sloly told the committee.Article content Protesters, many in large trucks, arrived in Ottawa starting on Jan. 29 and quickly blocked streets around Parliament Hill, where they remained for three weeks. Protesters honked air horns, waved Canadian flags and “Fu** Trudeau” banners, set off fireworks, listened to speeches and held dance parties, while businesses closed and some downtown residents said they felt terrorized.
The protesters were removed with the help of nearly 2,000 police officers recruited from across Canada. Sloly resigned on Feb. 15.
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