Federal Attorney-General David Lametti thought it might be necessary to call in the military in response to the protests gridlocking Ottawa last winter and talked about “tanks” in the streets with Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, according to texts tabled at the Emergencies Act inquiry on Wednesday.
“How many tanks are you asking for I just wanna ask Anita how many we’ve got on hand,” Mr. Mendicino said in response, referring to Defence Minister Anita Anand.The extraordinary exchange between two senior cabinet ministers came on the sixth day of anti-government, anti-vaccine mandate protests that gripped the capital. By that point Ottawa police were overwhelmed and it was unclear how the entrenched protests would end.
Texts tabled with the inquiry show that on Feb. 4, the two ministers again texted about the Ottawa protests. “Police have all the legal authority they need to enforce the law,” Mr. Mendicino texted Mr. Lametti, adding, “They just need to exercise it, and do their job.” The questioning from Public Order Emergency Commission senior counsel Gordon Cameron focused on whether Mr. Lametti was seeking to influence police operations and his thinking around the use of the Emergencies Act. A series of texts tabled at the inquiry show that by the third day of the protests in Ottawa, Mr. Lametti was already considering invoking the sweeping powers.
The minister told the inquiry he was referencing the Emergencies Act and said it was something he was “prudently raising” to begin thinking “about in case we need it.”
Hahaha wow it's very interesting the lies some people believe ate true. No proof? Then it didn't happen. Just more pc lies, I guess they are so insecure about their ability to win an election the only thing they have left is to lie
ianabailey Dont believe a thing that federaljusticeMinister David Lametti says. I wrote him about unethical Lawyer he snuck through the back door during Covid and made a judge!! this Laywer/Judge kimAntonio is the same Lawyer that tried to Manipulate a restraining order at a 7 day trial!
No he did not. This is a complete lie. Do better.
Oh yea that would of been better then just government over reach...... (sarcasm) . Glad military can say no to politicians. Military is not trained to police that says it all.
Report the truth or don’t report at all!!
Really kind of says it all doesn’t it.
You're lying. It was in jest.
RealAndyLeeShow Remember this is the guy that replaced Jody Wilson Raybon he's not a good person
How sick! Turdeau joked about using tanks to clear protest. So luck libs only love themselves.
Watching probe of EA. Not judging & don't think security/police should blow off threats on social media (find these anonymous threats disgusting), but we are to trust govt tweeting army response is a joke during disorder, but anti govt tweets are a threat to national security 🤔
Your journalism is garbage.
Can you SHOW evidence of this
carpet doesn't match the drapes. a truly pathetic troll.
Both incompetent clowns. Should we joke about using a gun on them then? Resign!
It was an occupation. There was nothing peaceful about it. FreeDumbConvoy Freedumbers antivaxxers TupocIsACult CdnMediaFailed
Well his boss does respect basic dictatorships.
cdnmediafailed again
Headline not at all accurate and you know it.
This is also the guy who engineered Canada's role in aiding and abetting suicide. The title 'Justice Minister' applied to him is starting to sound like a joke itself. MAID DavidLametti
Right wing media and all their lies in which they spew, YET AGAIN!
Remember the liberal_party attack ad against Harper? They're such hypocritical clowns
Is Canada sleepwalking into tyranny?
Listen up G&M, no shitposting, it is not what he said at all. Don't be a fuckin PostMedia fake news outlet, you can do better. In the same breath, Vigneault from CSIS did not say 'invoke the EA' he simply said he supported it. Being incendiary is not news reporting.
How far the liberal_party JustinTrudeau have fallen: the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests & massacre - iconic moment when citizens lead by a student stood against MILITARY TANKS defying the Chinese Government in defence of FREEDOM EmergenciesAct Ottawa rather than meeting
Major cap.
I suspect they left out Carney because Globe published his foreign funded insurrection canard, which has now been proven to be completely untrue, and it's likely he knew that at the time: Though MariekeWalsh marshamcleod_ covered EA inquiry well overall.
After traitors and insurrectionists started to occupy the nation's capital (normally considered a hostile act against the country) calling out the military would have been a reasonable response and one supported by the vast majority of Ottawa's residents
It's no joke when the Justice Minister floats using tanks against his own citizens. It's not a laughing matter!
Sad state is affairs in Canada how these people get elected is incredibly corrupt and dangerous !
Lies and misinformation...PATHETIC
why I cancelled my subscription ... inaccurate reporting
Globe and mail and toronto sun….good for the bottom of the bird cage! 🤡🤡🤡
The Glob and Fail
You've just completely given up on the idea of journalistic integrity, huh?
Oh. 'Just kidding!'. Right? !
Welcome to the FASCIST state where the few super rich run a regime out of ootawa to serve themselves.
If a joke, he should be punished and reprimanded for such insensitive comments
Gawd, The Globe and Mail is no better than the National Post. In the text, either Lanetti or Mendicino said, 'I reckon one would do.' RECKON a word often used in a joke.
Everything about this government is a joke.
Trudeau government is refusing to release to the public inquiry the legal opinion it used to justify invoking the Emergencies Act against the truckers' convoy, when the convoy didn't meet the legal definition of a security threat in the Emergencies Act. What does that tell you?
.davidlametti should be removed.
Haha
Glob & Male?
The absolutely arrogance of these ministers is scary in itself.Never mind they power they hold and truly believe they are untouchable
I am getting terribly frightened by many's long-standing and exponentially increasing intellectual laziness. Print anything, say anything, buy anything. And we wonder why we are in the state we are in. That's OUR fault. We are responsible! In chaos, there is fertility!
Disgusting.. NOT a JOKE..
Sorry but these aren’t a joke. You’re political leaders and at no time is it ever appropriate to discuss using tanks against your own citizens
Sure we floated the idea as a joke? That’s disgusting!! Tiananmen Square in Canada, sure that would have went over well. Time to charge these clowns and remove them from office, starting with TrudeauMustGo
It will be taken seriously by people that are not serious.🙄
Disgusting
I'm not surprised, nor am I surprised at the Trudeau supporters that would cheer as the tanks rolled.
Just cur as I have been unable to follow the inquiry in full. Has anyone asked any govt rep why they did not attempt to meet/neg/learn of issues with the convoy inst of letting it get to where it did? Seems otr blockades/protests they sent a team to discuss. What gives here?
The man had threats against his life. Though I am no Liberal fan, clearly it was not a serious suggestion / plan. Get over it......
Out of that all-day testimony, that is your take? I guess your reporter wasn't practicing good listening skills.
Most of the Liberal MPs belong in jail. They continue to defraud the tax payers and have bankrupted the country. Where is OUR 600 BILLION!!!! Lametti does not belong in public office.
The Trudeau liberals are all terrible people! The whole anti-Canadian Trudeau cabinet needs to resign! The military is not how you remove peaceful protesters! TrudeauIsTheNewHitler
Your Fordnation - CarltonCryptoKing coalition stated unequivocally your coalition wont run tanks through our Ontario Green Belt that's eroding at the rate of 135 football fields a day causing rising farm produce costs & Fordinflation
So..the once trustworthy Globe and Mail is actively fighting for space in the misinformation gutter alongside Postmedia. Such a pity.
Funny how you missed the part where he was being threatened with hanging and his staff was being threatened with rape
You left 'Carney and Cath' out from the smart people asking questions comment? Did they invoke the act because unelected Liberal insiders were complaining about inconveniences facing citizens of downtown Ottawa? 'he would have to trust that federal officials acted in good faith'
Lame joke don't you think? This country is not a dictator ship...yet..but if Justine gets it's way, we will be :(
Trudeaumustgo Do Liberal supporters need any other proof that freedom under Trudeau is no longer sacred and extremely fragile?
Canada almost has it's own Tiananmen Square moment.
No he did not. This is an outright lie.
Soooo, he doesn't know how to use the 'laughing face' emoji ? Cuz I'm pretty sure that's what the rest of the World uses to show they were joking Another liar busted by his own ignorance
They don’t want Canadians to protest
He is sick and disgusting needs to be FIRED
This person must resign. This is truly heavy socialism bordering on worse.
The mindset of the Liberals during this enquiry is incredibly disturbing, a Justice Minister 'floated' the idea of bringing in the Military, insane.
Why not....it worked so well in Tiananman Square! Justin's so much admired technique could turn on a dime! Only difference at that time , they did'nt freeze the protesters and supporters bank accounts!
I suggest we all sue together. They got Alex Jones for almost a billion. Let's see how this threat goes over!
Time to fire the liberals
sfcfdf And here we have a violent extremist government in power.
Liberal fascists. Guarantee some Liberal voters are going to debase themselves far enough to support this. I am now ashamed to call Liberals, Canadians.
You forgot to mention it was TANKS!
That's not funny. It's not funny at all.
They knew they were in the wrong over their actions and became afraid of the consequences, hence police action.
Globe and Mail is
Lamoron and Mendicheeso are awful scumbags that need to resign immediately.
Peaceful protest…..what a waste of money even debating this..
So the conspiracy theorists were right
Nice.
These people are incredible. Sure, it was all just a joke. And gullible Canadians blindly believe that
The tanks thing seems to be for Twitter only. The headline inside the changes to 'something something emergencies act' and goes behind a paywall.
All governments eventually turn to force to control the population - some sooner than others
Our justice minister? Fuck! I should delete some tweets.
Just casually joking about sending trained killers to 'take care' of citizens
We wanted tanks in the streets to mop up a civilian protest. And they put this guy is in charge of justice.
Insane lunatics
Ministers don’t joke about using military tanks on Canadians…..
Perpetrating violence on (or even threatening) the citizens of this country using the military isn't a joke. The liberals are a joke. And none of this is funny.
A minister (for a PM who admires the basic dictatorship that rolled out tanks to Tiananmen Sq.) was only joking about bringing in a tank to deal with the very real threat presented by people from Diagolon.
Your national capital under Trudeau. Revolting!
And the Liberals will cheer... until their next protest 🤣 be ready for it guys!
A bit much for bouncy castles......
Anyone paying attention for the last 2 years knew these liberal tyrants would do anything to crush their opponents but it takes their paid boot licking MSM until now to notice.
Soldiers...with guns...in Canadian cities. We're not making this up.
This guy took over after JWR was fired for not following orders. Never forget who he really is he has shown us before
This garbage paper has no problem with government officials supposedly joking about bringing tanks and the military against peaceful civilians. Bankruptcy can’t come soon enough for this rag.
I think it’s time to refer to this guy as the “Justice” minister.
How could anyone vote Liberal ever again
He justified it by saying freedom protesters were not black or indigenous. He instigated hate speech.
Liberals: “Harper will put soldiers on streets. With guns. In Canada.” (He didn’t, of course) Also Liberals: “Hey how many tanks and military can we throw at this convoy protest?”
Chinada
Trudeau and his coalition NDP partners sole interest was the threat to their power structure. They could not fathom a populist groundswell against their illiberal policies. They retroactively turned legal protest into a crime & punk satire into sedition.
A joke? funny how he can just keep changing his hat to match the person he wishes to portray. But if any of the opposition said something like that they're labeled violent threatening terrorists and a national threat.
nofunsincanada One can't joke about killing police officers and then say later to a Judge that is was a joke after he was caught. Same would apply joking to kill people and then someone doing it. This is a discrase for our justice team.
I was deployed and this very thing happened..the Govt sent tanks in to fire at their own citizens and sparked a civil was. This is not funny for me at all..I'm glad I made it home where I thought I was safe. I don't feel that anymore.
Criminal.
We really were standing against tyranny
Not funny.
Liberals discredited Police in dealing with the protesters yet, the Liberals, themselves, as seen thru the questioning in the Inquiry were the blind leading the blind. OPP cdnpoli
Did Canadians do the right thing to protest experimental MANDATORY jabs?
Was the Gov't abusing its power vs Freedom Convoy Protestors?
To be fair to govt, rare for me, they don't know what's coming at them when THOUSANDS of Patriotic Canadians are showing up to the party. As babysitters/protectors the Police had their hands full. Mostly peaceful, just like protestors. Couple bad apples, thankfully PEACEFUL FTW!
Rythmol81 You must not sleep at night knowing these are the people you adore
Lametti was the yes man who took over from the only Liberal WITH integrity who refused to bend the rules to appease her boss. As a result Jody Wilson was terminated and replaced with this guy - Zero Integrity Lametti. How does it feel to be a sell out?
Wow. Liberals are so tolerant that they will use tanks against peaceful protesters standing up for medical autonomy
Liberals are dangerous
He should be fired!
Tiananmen Square but in Canada. Jt wouldn't need HS girls anymore once he got pictures of that
Of this government or any other goes against our rights and freedoms again, they will probably need those tanks.
Using brute force to crush a peaceful protest against Canadian citizens is NOT a joke. Minister Lametti should resign immediately. We all know that if this was a Liberal protest no 'Jokes' like these would ever be said.
And the Military told them,it was not their job!
“I can tell from your reaction that I was joking.”
Welcome to North Korea.
Not sure if Lametti lacks more spine or chin ?
JLCWood2017
223owl223
So shameful. They need to resign. The mishandling of this is a global embarrassment.
LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
It wasn't funny and no one is laughing.
Your government is a joke, resign already JustinTrudeau
Why does that not surprise me. Probably hides under his desk if his receptionist knocks on the office door too hard.
ViiiiiiVi1 I wonder if those who are writing this off as a joke would be doing so if the protestors were indigenous or from blm? Guessing there would be calls for resignations.
So it would be a joke if someone texted they’re sending tanks to Trudeaus house …… sure
What are we allowed to joke about doing to the Trudeau liberals?
RealAndyLeeShow Doesn't sound like something you should be joking about. But it's what I have grown to expect from this bunch!
JFC. Canada is trashed.
He's lying because he got caught.
ViiiiiiVi1 Just another piece of 💩 government employee nothing surprising here
No justice/ no security in this country. Hypocrites government of Canada 🇨🇦 anthechrist.
No matter, in exchange fro some taxpayer dollars the G&M will still protect and promote the corrupt Liberal government cdnpoli cdnmediafailed
Couple this with the fact that the Liberal regime now had help from the CCP to manipulate our elections. Canada is currently a de facto authoritarian state. I’d recommend that people start pulling their wealth and looking for escape routes.
Using the military against citizens! Come on Globe, show some outrage. If the Harper government has said this you would be calling for resignations. Canada is in the hands of tyrants.
The revelations about Freeland from proper journalists,along with this is all pretty heady stuff. This would all be a very different story under a conservative government
CombienDeChars HowManyTanks
Nah they're not Communists at all. 🤡🌎
Enough of this liberal sh!t show LiberalPartyMustGo
His chin tells you everything you need to know
Pathetic
RealAndyLeeShow I doubt this was a joke, they mentioned before that nothing was off the table to deal with the protesters.
Lets be clear here, they were considering military intervention to quash protestors who were demanding their rights to bodily autonomy. So here in Canada we now use the military to enforce vaccine compliance? Something is very off in Canada.
Repugnant careerist.
pathetic
Plus don't forget Anand had RCAF in air above Ottawa doing surveilence during protests.
These texts are hilarious. They show us another side to Lametti who is before considered to be a dry law professor. To say otherwise is to be obtuse. Humor is a form of wit which breaks the tension.
Goin to be a fun Canada going forward where you can now threaten anyone and then at trial just say 'it was in jest' and alls good.
Lametti is your scummy dirt bag politician from central casting. He is like the inside of worm.
This country is going to hell in a hand basket.
IMO the texts were no 'joke'.
this government is a joke
Sounds just. 🙄
Maybe lich can say 'it was a joke'
So when cabinet ministers text about tanks and the army it’s just banter and humour but what protesters text is serious? They’re going to need an inquiry into this inquiry
This is exactly why there's so much hate toward the smug snobby government, and there will be no consequences for them.
The JM should have been prepared to send as many as possible to watch that demonstration . Trumpers who have a grudge leached on to the US gang tho Canadians who are usually more sensible used their big bully semi's for weeks and were covered by Daystar out of Texas
No joke , He was Serious!
Nobody believes that.
Some joke. they sent the military to windsor
This is an inappropriate comment for a Justice Minister of Canada to make at any time, joke or not. This isn't even a type of comment that I heard made once in my 22 year CAF career.
kainwerdm Tanks in the streets have not been floated for any other protest, so why this one? What is the government trying to protect? Their fragile ego because the PM was scared of being confronted so he hid? Trudy wasn’t prepared for confrontation. Not qualified to lead on that alone.
A government out of control
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The Liberals are fascists, communists and totalitarians. They disguise their evil with “compassion” and “wokeism”. cdnpoli POEC
DavidLametti is nothing but a lackey for Trudeau. He’s a little yes man.
Let’s float the idea of breach of trust with respect of key ministers’ actions surrounding invoking the E act. This same government put us behind global growth with closed borders, stay at home orders and all the other control tactics. Remember freedom ?
This guy is a criminal. Using military against Canada citizens. Pure evil. Breach of human rights.
That's not a joke
Trudeau’s failed slander and run strategy served only to escalate the protest which then resulted in various ministries and the media simply losing their minds.
He should be investigated then. Those were family and bouncy castles. What a joke
That is not even remotely funny
He wanted to send in tanks!! When will you call for his resignation or are your subsidies to important? cdnpoli
Shows their weakness as men...
Just admit it to Canadians: we all know there was never any threat to National Security. Obviously. The EA was overkill. Police didn't do their jobs, and that is really all there is to it. Their brass should have been fired and someone brought in who could clear Ottawa legally.
No wonder Canada is so messed up! Worse government in Canadian history!
Disgusting
Lametti should resign, this is not China, Ottawa is not Taimen Square, as much as Justin does admire their way of ruling in China! He had no authority under the EA act to call for it, didn't meet the criteria laid out in the act
This man should be t
Unlike honking horns, martial law is scary. Disturbing that a democracy would use it to supress a demonstration, where nobody was injured, no breaches of law beyond bylaw infractions had occurred. Are we seriously considering the military for that?!
Imagine Tanks over these Canadians......
nasty
Crazy on the tanks. Why not have done something practical such as no fly for the slow-roll clowns threatening an airport?
Makes sense, Canada is a communist country
WOAH don't fear the reaper man; he carbon neutral. There is three men in a lab somewhere with the same idea now. Just eat it. Lord ON
Its OK if 50+1 percent of the people vote for it
and if you believe that, I have some lovely swampland in Florida to sell you.
RealAndyLeeShow The 'nice' veneer of the Canadian state is a lot thinner than people think.
globepolitics No surprise! It's the Liberals. Remember 400 people were detained illegally by PET's War Measures act, to help Bourassa election. Jr. by aping daddy acted just as illegally aided by a subservient media
RealAndyLeeShow The world USE TO REGARD US as the peaceful peacekeepers of the world ... the strong but diplomatic mediators who opposed armed conflict and pushed for resolution trudumbass in the elected chair, we are the laughing stock of the world with potential tanks shooting our children
Source: Toronto Star
It was Trudeau who said, that 'using the military is something to avoid at all cost.'
Lametti is the poster child for everything wrong with our govt. The act hasn’t “evolved” to suit him, he relies on completely unnecessary attorney-client privilege to hide the legal opinion, he (jokes?) about using tanks on Cdns and put pressure on police independence. Eye-opener
So... they hired an arsonist to justify that? Possibly. What ever happened to that guy? He was supposed to stand trial, wasn't he?
globepolitics Yeah, sounds like justice
RealAndyLeeShow Lol what a country.
RealAndyLeeShow Fascists all of them on the left.
jimmydubyyc Oh the irony. 'Soldiers with guns. In our cities.'
RealAndyLeeShow Canada actually has a Justice minister, sure can’t tell with all the injustices that are going on. More wasted liberal dollars
TrudeauMustGo
Use tanks on Canadian citizens? That's the beginning of the end. I can't see this being tolerated
Tanks. Tanks on the streets against citizens. When did Canadians lay down and allow awful representation from evil people like this?
'How many tanks are you asking for' These tyrants wanted to go full CCP.
This is an irresponsible headline.
These guys are absolute comrades
He and Mendocino should resign. They wanted to use tanks against civilians!
After occupy wallstreet the bankers won’t let their politician pets off the hook.
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