OTTAWA—Ottawa’s embattled former police chief feared unnamed figures in Premier Doug Ford’s government “wanted him to fail” during the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” occupation around Parliament Hill, the Emergencies Act inquiry heard Friday. We’re here to help.’”Sloly’s lawyer at the inquiry, Tom Curry, declined to say who in the Ford government Sloly feared wanted him to fail. “It went beyond maybe Chief Sloly, that others felt that it’s time to get in there ... there’s a lot of pressure on them to take action that is seen to be taken. “You cast doubt” on whether Sloly really needed that many officers, Curry said. Jones publicly said the OPP had deployed 1,500 OPP officers to help Ottawa police, when the inquiry has heard the OPP had sent only about 55.

Source: thestar October 21, 2022 11:26 UTC