Ontario Premier Doug Ford is denying his government abandoned Ottawa during last winter’s convoy crisis, suggesting the three-week occupation of the city’s downtown by protesters would have ended sooner if the former mayor and police chief had done a better job.
Ford made the comments Tuesday in response to a reporter’s question about the final report of the Public Order Emergency Commission, released Feb. 17.
In it, Justice Paul Rouleau wrote: “I find the province of Ontario’s reluctance to become fully engaged in such efforts directed at resolving the situation in Ottawa troubling,” citing the province’s refusal to take part in tripartite meetings
