{"id":515663,"date":"2022-11-25T07:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T04:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-officials-pressured-canada-to-stop-freedom-convoy-new-testimony-reveals\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T07:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T04:17:40","slug":"us-officials-pressured-canada-to-stop-freedom-convoy-new-testimony-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-officials-pressured-canada-to-stop-freedom-convoy-new-testimony-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"#US officials pressured Canada to stop &#8216;Freedom Convoy,&#8217; new testimony reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a50384d7ddce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a50384d7ddce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-officials-pressured-canada-to-stop-freedom-convoy-new-testimony-reveals\/#%E2%80%9CUS_officials_pressured_Canada_to_stop_%E2%80%98Freedom_Convoy_new_testimony_reveals%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;US officials pressured Canada to stop &#8216;Freedom Convoy,&#8217; new testimony reveals&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUS_officials_pressured_Canada_to_stop_%E2%80%98Freedom_Convoy_new_testimony_reveals%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;US officials pressured Canada to stop &#8216;Freedom Convoy,&#8217; new testimony reveals&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Top Biden administration officials pressed their Canadian counterparts to clear truckers blockading parts of the United States\u2019s northern border during protests in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A public inquiry into the Canadian government\u2019s decision to use emergency powers to clear the \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protesters revealed on Thursday that frantic phone calls were placed by Washington to Ottawa in an effort to open up choked-off supply lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are very, very, very worried,\u201d Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland wrote in an email to her staff after a Feb. 10 phone call from White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/11\/24\/washington-ottawa-freedom-convoy-00070817\">according to Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is not sorted out in the next 12 hours, all of their northeastern car plants will shut down,\u201d Freeland continued in her email.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg phoned his Canadian counterpart, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, the same day Deese called Freeland, according to the report, and Buttigieg pressed Alghabra about Canada\u2019s \u201cplan to resolve\u201d the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Alghabra told the commission that Buttigieg initiated the call and that the interaction was \u201cunusual.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-813.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland  wrote in an email that the White House was very, &quot;very, very worried&quot; about the protests.\" class=\"wp-image-24781487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-813.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-813.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-813.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland wrote in an email that the White House was very, \u201cvery, very worried\u201d about the protests.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Blair Gable\/File Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brian Clow, deputy chief of staff to Canada\u2019s prime minister, also heard from White House aides, including National Security Council director Juan Gonzalez, who wanted to connect Canadian national security officials with the US Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>A phone call between President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took place the following day, on Feb. 11, where Trudeau conveyed to the commander-in-chief that Ottawa had a plan to end the blockades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his call with Trudeau, Biden reportedly alluded to trucker convoys rumored to be threatening to disrupt the Super Bowl in Los Angeles and streets in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Freeland told staff in an email that the Deese wanted daily updates on the protests which never materialized because the Emergencies Act was invoked three days after Trudeau\u2019s call with Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-814.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden spoke on the phone about the protests on Feb. 11. \" class=\"wp-image-24781486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-814.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-814.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/freedom-convoy-814.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden spoke on the phone about the protests on Feb. 11. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Evan Vucci<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Freeland told Canadian investigators that she worried Canada was \u201cin the process of doing long-term and possibly irreparable harm to our trading relationship with the United States\u201d and feared DC politicians \u201cwho would love any excuse to impose more protectionist measures on us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Border blockades in Manitoba and between Detroit and Windsor were cleared before the invocation of the Emergencies Act, the commission found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The never-before-used Canadian law gave the government the power to freeze bank accounts of protesters, ban <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to protest sites, and force trucks to tow vehicles blocking streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The commission is seeking to determine whether the government was justified in invoking the emergency powers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protesters were demonstrating against Canadian COVID vaccine mandates and restrictions.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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