The RCMP’s response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy was detailed in their recently released National After-Action Review. This report revealed many issues faced by members, from operational strains and overbearing political pressures to a complete misrepresentation of their reporting to government officials, manipulating reported facts for political gain.
A newly disclosed document from former RCMP Commissioner, Brenda Lucki, shows that both former and current RCMP members supported the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Students at a high school in Swift Current Saskatchewan felt it important to sign their names to a poster to show that being straight is as worthy of ‘pride’ as any LGBTQ agenda. For this simple act of individual expression, they were taken to their principal’s office and interrogated by the RCMP
In the winter of 2022, while the Freedom Convoy demonstrations were happening in Ottawa, truckers also blocked the border crossing between Coutts, Alberta and Sweetgrass, Montana.
14 truckers were charged with parking violations which have been recently withdrawn in court, after it was found that they had been charged using a law not applicable to their alleged conduct.
On February 13th, 2022, in Coutts Alberta, RCMP had been working to restore movement on roads blocked by tractors belonging to those protesting vaccine mandates and restrictions.
On this particular day, the RCMP decided it was necessary to break the law by vandalizing excavators to accomplish their task.