Ottawa’s police chief says his force’s response to the convoy protest has been a “success,” but some critics say he’s ignoring multiple reports of harassment, vandalism and assault that have plagued the capital’s downtown core since Friday.
Chief Peter Sloly says the response has achieved its most important goals.
“The question was, is the bar of success, no riots, no injuries, no death? Absolutely,” he said earlier this week.
But Coun. Catherine McKenney, whose Somerset ward covers the protest area, disagrees.
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“I’ll tell you what’s not been a success is the response in a residential neighbourhood in Centretown, where it is chaos.”
McKenney suggested the chief was ignoring some