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For the Freedumb Convoy and its Ottawa occupation, I'd have to disagree that it is only a civic policing issue. The band had been publicizing their plans and drumming up support for weeks, and they assembled and drove through Canada to amass in Ottawa in the lead up to the occupation. The City of Ottawa, its local police, Ontario, OPP, and RCMP are all fully aware of it, and they should have made plans for different scenarios to deal with the occupation, instead of just letting it run and dealt with it in the ad hoc political hot potato manner that ended up happening. It was just a clear lack of leadership and sense of responsibility from all the parties that should have been involved in the first place.
By comparison, the Nova Scotia shooting is an unexpected event, even though there had been signs of it happening in the days before the actual shooting spree. But even with the inquiry that is going on for it now, we can see how people in leadership positions -- most notably Lucki (RCMP Commissioner), Blair (federal minister of public safety), Trudeau and the Liberals -- are once again all showing all the wrong signs for a proper handling of the horrible incident. Instead of doing things in the interest of public good, they are seeking political favours, trying to take advantage of a tragic incident to further their own political agendas, and denying responsibility on improper behaviour.
I guess that is a somewhat separate issue from what Westopher is referring to (on how the Emergency Act took away our freedoms). But both incidents point to the same root cause -- how our people in positions of leadership are consistently dropping the ball, and only focusing on their own selfish interests, instead of pursuing the public good that their positions are supposed to build.
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