The final week of public hearings as part of the Public Order Emergency Commission's inquiry into the 'Freedom Convoy' protests kicked off on Monday with testimony from a panel of the highest-level security and intelligence officials in the country.
He said that while CSIS did not believe the "Freedom Convoy" posed a threat to national security under the grounds of the CSIS Act, that standard was only for CSIS' requirement to open new investigations.
"I was assured that you know, there was a separate understanding… The confines of the CSIS Act, the same words, based on legal interpretation, jurisprudence, federal court rulings, and so on, there was a very clear understanding of what those words meant in the confines of the CSIS Act. And what I was reassured by, is that there was you know, in the context of the Emergencies Act, there was to be a separate interpretation based on the confines of that Act.
"The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated xenophobic and anti-authority narratives leading to the rise of conspiracy theories, misinformation, and disinformation online," reads the summary, in part. Tessier testified that it can be "a challenge to know when somebody is going to move from the online space to the physical space."
The briefing also warned that while the organizers intended to have a peaceful protest, "there are indications" that IMVE actors who were part of the anti-public health measures movement had "expressed interest in attending in Ottawa to support the convoy," and the event presented an opportunity for those inspired by IMVE to "engage in threat activities."
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