Wed Sep 20, 2023 – 7:28 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – On the 10th day of the trial of Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, an Ottawa city manager tasked with working with police to establish “emergency lanes” to quell protesters admitted that most of his observations were done from his office window.
On Tuesday, Kim Ayotte, who works as the general manager of emergency and protective services for the city of Ottawa, during examination by the Crown as its main witness for the day, said he only went for an occasional “walk” to see what was going on in downtown Ottawa.
The Democracy Fund (TDF), which is crowdfunding Lich’s legal costs, reported in its court update that Ayotte acknowledged his “observations of the convoy were limited to his office window and occasional walks.”
The Crown asked Ayotte “how often” the walks would take place. Lich’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, objected to the question, saying the proper question should have been, “When did you go on these walks?”
Ayotte was tasked with working with police to establish emergency lanes but could not give specifics as to what this meant as he did not have his
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