Attorney General David Lametti said he was so frightened by the Freedom Convoy he left his downtown Ottawa condo and thought it was unsafe to walk the streets, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. .“I felt personally threatened,” Lametti told the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC)..“When you walked through the convoy and saw some of the banners, saw the prime minister hanging off the end of a rope, for example, violent, violent images, and you saw some of the rhetoric that was coming out from the protesters—sorry, I shouldn’t say protesters because it wasn’t much of a protest, the occupiers.”.Lametti said all it takes is for one person to recognize him. He said he left his condo to reside at an undisclosed location. .When he saw what Freedom Convoy protestors were doing to his staff and the experiences they were coming in with, he said he went to Montreal and made them work remote. He said he “didn’t want to put my staff at risk to have to come into work.”.The attorney general went on to say he saw and heard about people who were impacted and whose movements changed. He added he could see their changes with his own eyes. .His office reported numerous death threats to police. He had threats online, adding they are “often a product of mental illness.”.“I’m often alone and I would have been vulnerable,” he said. .Police agencies, including the RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police, said they found no evidence of serious violence or firearms at protests outside Parliament. Lametti is the second cabinet minister to say he was frightened by the Freedom Convoy. .Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller told reporters in February he would not walk to Parliament if it meant passing protesters. .“I haven’t walked down that line,” said Miller..“You know exactly how these people out there are illegally blockading access to Parliament.”.Texts revealed at the POEC on Wednesday showed Lametti was among the cabinet ministers who floated the idea of deploying tanks to respond to the Freedom Convoy. .READ MORE: Justice Minister Lametti discussed deploying tanks to Ottawa during Freedom Convoy.“And the Canadian Armed Forces if necessary,” he said. .Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino asked how many tanks he was requesting.
