‘Your man really messed up the dog’: Kenny told federal government about Coutts lockdown

Former Alberta Prime Minister Jason Kenny has accused the province of “holding bags” for sweeping away protesters of the “Freedom Convoy” that the federal government has blocked a border crossing in southern Alberta. was found in a public survey.

Documents released in an investigation into the government’s decision to invoke the state of emergency law last winter include text messages between Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominique Leblanc and Minister of Transport Omar Al-Ghabra. I am relaying the conversation revealed by Kenny.

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In the message, LeBlanc said Kenny had left Ottawa “on hold for a crackdown” and that the government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau granted Alberta’s request for military equipment such as tow trucks to remove protest vehicles. Kenny told him he didn’t.

Kenny wrote, “Your man really ruined the dog,” with an obvious reference to Trudeau, and called the trucker vaccine mandate “ridiculous political theatre.”

Kenny goes on to say that labeling the protesters as Nazis “was utterly useless”, stating that they were unable to find a tow truck to remove the protesters.

A blockade in Coutts, Alta forced the closure of a highway and border crossing before it was dismantled on February 14, when the RCMP seized a gun and charged four men involved in a murder conspiracy. rice field.