Police Viewed Tools, Tire Irons as Weapons That Could Be Used by Freedom Convoy Protesters

Police and protesters face off as authorities move to end the Freedom Convoy demonstration against vaccine mandates, in Ottawa on Feb. 18, 2022. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston

Weapons among Freedom Convoy protesters, as claimed by the Ottawa Police Service in past reports, could include items such as tire irons or tools, a parliamentary special committee heard on Nov. 3

“A weapon can be many things,” said acting deputy chief of the Ottawa Police Service Patricia Ferguson while testifying before the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency.