And we're on to cross-examination from Freedom Corp! It's not Brendan Miller, but instead Eva Chipiuk. (She's been involved with some of the legal issues wrt to the convoy since early on.)
She's going for a very tame line of questioning, pointing out that there had been an agreement between Mayor Jim Watson and some of the convoy organiz…
And we're on to cross-examination from Freedom Corp! It's not Brendan Miller, but instead Eva Chipiuk. (She's been involved with some of the legal issues wrt to the convoy since early on.)
She's going for a very tame line of questioning, pointing out that there had been an agreement between Mayor Jim Watson and some of the convoy organizers to move trucks out of the downtown core.
Trudeau and Chipiuk spar over exactly what that means. Trudeau points out (rightly) that the agreement only covered some trucks, in some parts of downtown, and many truckers said they would not abide by the deal.
"Where did you learn that? On Twitter?" Chipiuk says.
She then suggests it was police who were blocking trucks from moving out of downtown. (What she means is: Police blocked them from moving between one part of downtown and another.)
Trudeau points out the cops were letting the trucks leave whenever they wanted.
Chipiuk seems to think Wellington Street means "outside of the downtown residential areas." Which, if you know Ottawa at all, is flat-out wrong.
And we're on to cross-examination from Freedom Corp! It's not Brendan Miller, but instead Eva Chipiuk. (She's been involved with some of the legal issues wrt to the convoy since early on.)
She's going for a very tame line of questioning, pointing out that there had been an agreement between Mayor Jim Watson and some of the convoy organizers to move trucks out of the downtown core.
Trudeau and Chipiuk spar over exactly what that means. Trudeau points out (rightly) that the agreement only covered some trucks, in some parts of downtown, and many truckers said they would not abide by the deal.
"Where did you learn that? On Twitter?" Chipiuk says.
She then suggests it was police who were blocking trucks from moving out of downtown. (What she means is: Police blocked them from moving between one part of downtown and another.)
Trudeau points out the cops were letting the trucks leave whenever they wanted.
Chipiuk seems to think Wellington Street means "outside of the downtown residential areas." Which, if you know Ottawa at all, is flat-out wrong.
Whether it existed is one thing; whether he knew of its existence is another; whether he believed it is the key question
OMG I was waiting for Brendan. I guess he was outside chasing down witnesses.
This cross-examination is not going well.
its not really going in any sense.
That moment when you discover Brendan Miller was actually their number one choice/option....
Good one!