The head of the Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday the Emergencies Act was needed to indemnify the towing companies that helped to clear the convoy protest in Ottawa in February — but Commissioner Thomas Carrique does not believe the controversial federal powers were needed to compel the heavy vehicles into service.
“Many of them wanted indemnification, which was not something that we could provide them with without making additional arrangements … so when the Emergencies Act was invoked, that ability to provide that indemnification was extremely helpful,” OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique told the Public Order Emergency Commission inquiry.
“Technically, could we have compelled them? Did we provide
