At an in-person public hearing on November 5th, Commissioners Monia Mazigh and Alex Neve heard distressing testimonies from five local residents who spoke to the…
OPC CPONovember 23, 2022
Organizers say it is providing a platform for community testimony, the lack of which has been among the criticisms of the federal commission. Read more…
OPC CPONovember 7, 2022
OTTAWA (Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022) — The Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation is hosting an in-person public hearing on Saturday November 5th to…
OPC CPONovember 3, 2022
The opening session of the Ottawa People’s Commission hearings heard from four residents traumatized by the convoy occupation, and from one person who felt freed…
OPC CPOOctober 28, 2022
OTTAWA (Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022) — The Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation is announcing six new dates for public hearings to gather further…
OPC CPOOctober 19, 2022
Our four Commissioners have heard from dozens of local residents who were directly affected by last winter's convoy occupation of downtown Ottawa. Already, there are…
OPC CPOOctober 11, 2022
A people’s commission debuted in Ottawa last week, investigating the mental and physical harassment experienced by residents living in and around the “red zone” occupied…
OPC CPOSeptember 27, 2022
We need to know what went wrong, where the system failed, who made what calls. This was preventable, or at least the damage could have…
OPC CPOSeptember 26, 2022
We saw photos circulating of people waving swastika flags, cultural appropriation of Indigenous practices, Trudeau hanging by rope. We saw banners of white nationalist hate…
OPC CPOSeptember 26, 2022
