As the ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrations continued to snarl downtown Ottawa in February, the prime minister’s national security adviser warned of the possibility that its most extreme attendees could target the general public.
Notes from a closed-door meeting between Jody Thomas and what appeared to be senior bureaucrats on Feb. 14, cautioned that actors “espousing violent extremism” had entrenched themselves in Ottawa — and these people were “distinct” from individuals seeking to participate in “legitimate protest.”
