Convoy organizers want Ottawa police board to pay any damages in class action

Freedom Convoy organizers say downtown residents and businesses wouldn't have been bothered by loud honking and diesel fumes if Ottawa police hadn't directed them to park hundreds of heavy trucks and other vehicles on residential downtown streets.

Convoy organizers want Ottawa police board to pay any damages in class action
Police move in to clear downtown Ottawa near Parliament hill of protesters after weeks of demonstrations on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. The public inquiry investigating the federal government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act in February begins today in downtown Ottawa.

Freedom Convoy organizers say downtown residents and businesses wouldn't have been bothered by loud honking and diesel fumes if Ottawa police hadn't directed them to park hundreds of heavy trucks and other vehicles on residential downtown streets.