Facing an occupation of their neighbourhoods in January and February 2022, the people of downtown Ottawa were abandoned by police and all three levels of…
OPC CPOFebruary 2, 2023
A report into the impact of the "Freedom Convoy" occupation on residents of Ottawa has accused all three levels of government of failing to uphold…
OPC CPOFebruary 2, 2023
The “colossal human-rights failure” of police, officials and all three levels of government in response to last year’s convoy occupation in Ottawa was evident from…
OPC CPOFebruary 2, 2023
OTTAWA (Monday, Jan. 30 2023) – The Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation (OPC) has released Part I of its final report, entitled What…
OPC CPOJanuary 30, 2023
At the Dec 6 public hearing, Michelle Hurtubise, the executive director of Centretown Community Health Centre, shared their experience of the convoy occupation as a…
OPC CPOJanuary 29, 2023
At the Dec 6 public hearing, Laïs Maurillo, a Brazilian journalist, shared parallels between 2015 protests in Brazil and the convoy occupation. “In 2015, in…
OPC CPOJanuary 26, 2023
At the Nov 24 public hearing, a retired Centretown resident who supported the convoy shared his experience. “There were certainly some individuals that were obviously…
OPC CPOJanuary 26, 2023
At the Nov 24 public hearing, a lifetime Ottawa resident who supported the convoy shared her experience. “After two years of miserable and unnecessary restrictions…
OPC CPOJanuary 26, 2023
At the Nov 24 public hearing, a Gatineau resident who supported the convoy shared her experience. “I have never witnessed as much solidarity, care, hope,…
OPC CPOJanuary 26, 2023
