Secret Recording Reveals Deep Rift Over Plan To Hire New Ottawa Police Chief Amid Convoy Crisis
The February 15 recording, which was only passed on to the committee on Wednesday morning, was entered into evidence at the Public Order Emergency Committee on Wednesday afternoon. The tense call was recorded by Deans’ assistant without Watson’s knowledge, she later testified. The call, which came hours after former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly announced his resignation, begins with Watson asking Deans for an update on the plan to replace Sloly and restore “stability to the agency” after from nearly three weeks of unrest in the city center....