Craig Abrams and Carson Pardy Witness Summary Day 7 of the Emergencies Act Public Inquiry

Witnesses Craig Abrams , OPP Superintendent, and Carson Pardy, OPP Chief Superintendent, Day 7 of Emergencies Act Public Inquiry. Key testimony from Day 7 of Public Hearings, October 21, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act.

Take down plan: Craig Abrams OPP testifies that he didn’t see an improvement in the communication or deployment of officers after the Invocation of the Emergencies Act “I consider it one giant operation and the lack of communication had impacts all along, from invocation period, prior to and during.

OPP Superintendent Craig Abrams testifies that the convoy was “not effecting livelihoods” in Ottawa, saying that it was quiet manageable to drive around the rest of Ottawa.

Carson Pardy, OPP Chief Superintendent testified that “there was a police solution” to ending the Freedom Convoy and “we would have reached the same solution” & it could have been done in the same timeline without the Emergencies Act.

Carson Pardy testified the OPP already had the authority to tow vehicles without the Emergencies Act. “If we didn’t have the Emergencies Act it would imply that we couldn’t tow vehicles, we tow vehicles everyday.” “We did not need the Emergencies Act.”