Many claims have been made by government and media about Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa committing serious crimes such as arson, threatening rape, or being bankrolled by Vladimir Putin, but most if not all have been unsubstantiated or debunked.
On April 2, Conservative MP Dane Lloyd released a video analysis of his interaction with Ottawa Police Service (OPS) interim chief Steve Bell during a House committee meeting in which he grilled Bell about allegations of loaded firearms being found at the site of the Ottawa protest.