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Contrary to statements by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has revealed that the federal police force did not request the government invoke the Emergencies Act to deal with the Ottawa Freedom Convoy protests in February. 

In this edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew breaks down the first Conservative leadership debate with Leslyn Lewis and Roman Baber, and discusses the curious absence of Patrick Brown.

True North’s Andrew Lawton caught up with Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis after her performance at the Canada Strong and Free Network Leadership Debate, in which she accused Pierre Poilievre of not being a genuine supporter of the Freedom Convoy.

Conservative MP Dane Lloyd grilled an activist from the far-left Canadian Anti-Hate Network before a parliamentary committee this week, accusing the group of bias and for spreading misinformation during the Freedom Convoy.

Damage control over negative publicity of the RCMP during the crackdown on the Freedom Convoy sent the police force’s media relations department scrambling, with teams monitoring and screenshotting the social media accounts of journalists, according to documents obtained by Rebel News.

Conservative Party leadership candidate and Independent Ontario MPP Roman Baber has slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for demonizing Freedom Convoy protesters on Parliament Hill last February. 

The RCMP billed taxpayers nearly a quarter-million dollars for buffets at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier while officers cracked down on Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa this February. 

"How did our political and legacy media class get it so wrong? Well, for one, it’s not the first time that the cart went before the horse and leaders who should know better used an unverified claim to score political points before facts could be established."

Despite earlier allegations by unnamed sources, Ottawa Police interim chief Steve Bell admitted before a parliamentary committee on Thursday that no loaded firearms had been seized during the crackdown on the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa last month. 

The Ottawa Police Service has cleared the Freedom Convoy of involvement in a highly-publicized arson attempt in an apartment building while protests were still ongoing throughout the city.