Readout: PM Call with Premier Ford - February 9 2022
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Date: Thy, 10 Feb 2022 02:46:54 +0000
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See below for a readout from this evening's call with Premier Ford.
The Premier has commited to returning to the PM with more information on next steps/resources
needed for the Ambassador Bridge by tomorrow.
Call with Premier Ford
PMT: Hey Doug!
PDF: Hi PM, how are ya?
PMT: ts a busy time, but dove t hear how you're doing.
PDF: Similar to yours, you never know what's going to happen and then things crop up. | understand
and we al agree with peaceful protests but 1 start off with Ottawa vs Toronto. 1 say that the
police chief and Ottawa Mayor totally mismanaged this. The Toronto PD and Toronto Mayor did a
reat job. They ve entrenched themselves in Ottawa. The bigger one for us and the country is the
ambassador bridge and the state ground there. What I thik i we gotta stop the spread of these
protests and we protect Niagara and Sarnia and others. Is costing $500-600M of rade and we'l be
4p 10.53.18 by tomorrow. What we can recommend and what we can work together on that I've
asked our AG to look at egal ways to give police more tools and exhaust egal remedies because the
police are a ite shy and | can't direct them. So that's one area we can focus on. We can't take thir
polar licenses, we checked that. We can shut down their fuel consumption and cordon off highways.
That's where we're at.
PMT: First of al, they re not a egal protest. They e occupying a municipal street and are not legally
parked. You shouldn't need more tools ~ legal tools ~ they are barricading the ON economy and
doing millions of damage a day and harming people’ ives. At a time we're trying to draw in
investments, a whole bunch of people are looking at this and saying we can't even clear up a protest
ona bridge? | always wonder if they are not very smart people trying to think about shaming Canada.
in all sorts of ways and hurting economy and getting jobs back to the US. We've got to respond
Quickly to this The bridges and tunnels act means the federal government has responsibilty over the
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the bridge because they're on municipal land being blocked. So we'll give you whatever resources
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PMIT: what are the next steps? Youve said the OPP are going in. are they keeping you apprised and
do they understand the urgency? They can't talk this out for 3 weeks, they need to act immediately
PF: they ll act, but without directing them, ts hard to describe their game plan. Theyl have a plan
unlike Ottawa whet her they did't have a plan. l get briefed tomorrow from the solicitor general
and we'll keep you updated. This is critical, | hear you. ll be up their ss with a wire brush.
PMIT: We're there with resources. Bill Blair will coordinate on our side, but you can reach out to
Leblanc or me. You and | need to work together on this. People will be reassured by the two of us
working together and we need to demonstrate this is not a place of lawlessness
POF: agreed. You'll get an update tomorrow.
PMIT: On Ottawa ~ tl go through stages of OPP to RCMP and we'l have a plan. City of Ottawa has
been struggling but as soon as OPP leans in a bit more, we'll have more clarity on things. The federal
government has no jurisdiction over Wellington street so i's an area we need to work through
together. Ifthe Ottawa residents have to go through another weekend like the past few weeks, it
won't go well
PDF: | agree. The problem i, if | can be frank, ve spoken to senior police officers, he’s lost command
and police officers are going off sick dail. They've lost command.
PMT: those are your decisions not mine. There are PDs that know how to handle this like QC and
Toronto — so let's make sure the other PDs know how to respond. We can't continue to get
outflanked
PDF: 100% will keep you updated by tomorrow
PMT: reach out to me and reach out to Dom if you need anything.
PDF: Thanks s0 much PM.
Tahiya Baknt
Regional Advisor, Ontario | Conseillere régional, Ontario
por pl | Cabinet du Premier minisire
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