The night before the Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act to deal with the truckers’ “Freedom Convoy” protest, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser, Jody Thomas, told cabinet members that “there was potential for a breakthrough” in negotiations with the protesters.
This was revealed in newly released documents on how the cabinet weighed in on a response to the three-week protest in Ottawa’s downtown core, in place since late January seeking an end to federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.
