Jim Watson Witness Summary Day 4 of the Emergencies Act Public Inquiry

Witness Summary Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson Day 4 of Emergencies Act Public Inquiry. Key testimony from Day 4 of Public Hearings, October 18, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act.

Mayor Jim Watson testifies that he was not consulted on the Emergencies Act before it was invoked, nor did the city of Ottawa request the Emergencies Act. “Very few people knew what the Emergencies Act was”.

Alan Honner asked Jim Watson if he actually saw masks ripped off of people and Jim Watson said, “No, I saw it reported in the media”, nor did Watson personally know of any physical attacks.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson “The prize pig was Wellington Street” Watson claiming that protestors had the intention to “go in with these vulgar flags, swastikas, confederate flags and so on” with the backdrop of “Parliament Hill like they have taken over the country.”