The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told the Liberal government a day before it invoked the Emergencies Act (EA) on Feb. 14 that doing so would probably end the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, but at the same time it could lead to the radicalization of an increased number of individuals.
“On February 13th, CSIS advised that the implementation of the EA would likely galvanize the anti-government narratives within the convoy and further the radicalization towards violence, referencing the increase in violent rhetoric following the declaration of a state of emergency by the Province of Ontario,” says a CSIS document entered as evidence at the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 7.
