Ottawa agreed with Convoy to move trucks out of residential areas Feb 13 prior to Emergencies Act

City Manager Steve Kanellakos testifies that Ottawa police supported the agreement between the city and the convoy to move trucks out of residential areas and onto Wellington St.

“There was no other place to put the trucks,” Kanellakos said. “The discussion (with protest organizers) was that we wanted to reduce the footprint in the area, to get them out of the neighborhoods.”

Kanellakos testifies that they met with convoy leaders and lawyers and came to an agreement on February 13, 2022 prior to the Invocation of the Emergencies Act.

Source: Day 3 of Public Hearings, October 17, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act