Thu Oct 20, 2022 – 6:18 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Internal documents have revealed that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s deputy transport minister felt the “Freedom Convoy” had to be crushed not because it posed a safety risk, but because it was the “spiritual source of the protest movement.”
Per Blacklock’s Reporter, Deputy Transport Minister Michael Keenan told police in a teleconference on February 6 – day 10 of the convoy protest – that while the main “encampment may be contained, it is the spiritual source of the protest movement” and is “acting as fuel for the engagement of others.”
“It is obviously less tactically important to deal with it at this juncture but has a greater impact on the movement from a visibility and communication angle,” stated Keenan at the time, adding that it “creates the spiritual fuel that will sustain the actions of the various encampments.”
Then-chief of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Peter Sloly, also conceded during the phone call that the convoy did not pose a risk to public safety, saying the worst thing about it was that it was visibly unattractive.
“Wellington is the most contained and least risky of the
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