Mendicino Tells Inquiry About Proposal to Engage With Convoy Protesters

Mendicino Tells Inquiry About Proposal to Engage With Convoy Protesters
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino responds to a question from counsel as he testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Nov. 22, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino yesterday outlined details of the federal government’s engagement proposal with the Freedom Convoy protesters, which was ultimately denied by ministers two days before cabinet invoked the Emergencies Act.

“Engagement was always an option and I had articulated on a number of occasions that law enforcement should be the last resort,” Mendicino told the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) on Nov. 22.