A spokesman for Bill Blair says they are concerned by a report by British media outlet the Guardian allegedly outlining the RCMP’s strategy to remove the blockade. “We are committed to protecting the constitutional right to peaceful protest and are concerned by the unacceptable words and phrases that the Guardian reported were used,” Blair’s spokesman Scott Bardsley said in an email. The RCMP says the Guardian denied a request for the police force to see the documents referred to in the newspaper’s report and they can’t verify the validity of the statements. A spokesperson said a number of terms used in the article aren’t generally used by the RCMP, and others that are could have been taken out of context. Get more of the Star in your inbox Never miss the latest news from the Star.

Source: thestar December 23, 2019 22:30 UTC