Ottawa Spent Over $73 Million on Use of Emergencies Act: Document

The RCMP played a lead role in shutting down the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, which was launched to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers but evolved into a larger movement against government COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. The federal government spent at least $400,000 on charter flights and an additional $1.3 million on hotel rooms to accommodate out-of-town officers, the document said. The total amount spent to date on the Emergencies Act was $73,550,568, with the majority of expenses going toward local authorities in the cities of Ottawa and Windsor, Public Safety Canada said in their response.

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