Fri Feb 4, 2022 – 9:07 pm EST
OTTAWA (Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms) — The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms today sent a letter to the city of Ottawa advising that Justice Centre lawyers are in Ottawa representing the “Freedom Convoy 2022″ and outlining efforts being made by the Freedom Convoy to maintain safety and security during the peaceful protest.
The Chief of Ottawa Police, the Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner, and the Parliamentary Police Service Superintendent are copied on the letter.
The Justice Centre was recently advised that during the first few days of the truckers’ peaceful protest in Ottawa, closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were offline entirely, and remain off.
“These cameras do not actually show what is happening on the ground in downtown Ottawa. For safety reasons we strongly urge you to remedy this situation and restore live feed from those CCTV cameras. It is imperative that law enforcement and the public have access to video footage, in order to know what is actually occurring in and around the protest,” stated Eva Chipiuk, staff lawyer at the Justice Centre.”
Canadians have the legal right to protest peacefully in their capital city. The freedom of peaceful assembly is
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