Texts show feds planning communications strategy before ‘Freedom Convoy’ arrival | National Newswatch
OTTAWA — Newly released text messages show how the federal government was planning its communications strategy before the arrival of"Freedom Convoy" protesters in Ottawa back in late January.
In the exchange, the prime minister’s adviser Mary-Liz Power said Mendicino’s office was considering having the minister do media interviews about “some of the more extreme elements” of the protest. Power said they would use a similar message to the one used in response to the Jan. 6 attacks in Washington, D.C.
Mendicino’s press secretary at the time, Alex Cohen, responded to say Mendicino wanted to wait a day or two because there was a danger that if they come down too hard, it “might push out the crazies.
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