Fri May 6, 2022 – 8:43 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A U.S.-registered aircraft flying over the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa on multiple dates in February was confirmed as being used by Canadian special forces for surveillance, but government officials deny it was spying on protesters.
As reported first by the Globe and Mail on April 22, the King Air aircraft was spotted making what are known as flying loops around Ottawa on February 10. This was at the same time the trucker Freedom Convoy was in Ottawa protesting an end to all COVID mandates.
Canada’s Department of National Defence said at the time it was conducting military training operations in the area with the plane but did not say Canadian special forces were involved.
According to a recent Ottawa Citizen report, data gathered by Steffan Watkins shows the King Air spy plane was spotted on multiple occasions. The same report said sources from the military told them Canadian special forces were involved, however.
The plane was seen flying over the protest on January 28-29 as well as on February 3, 10, and 11.
Recently, the Canadian military announced it was buying three 350ER King Airs, kitted
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