{"id":1396480,"date":"2022-03-23T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396480"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:30:47","slug":"ottowa-arson-incident-not-connected-to-canadian-freedom-convoy-despite-claims-from-top-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ottowa-arson-incident-not-connected-to-canadian-freedom-convoy-despite-claims-from-top-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottowa Arson Incident NOT Connected to Canadian Freedom Convoy Despite Claims from Top Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fottowa-arson-incident-not-connected-to-canadian-freedom-convoy-despite-claims-from-top-politicians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An arson incident in downtown Ottawa last month had no connection to Freedom Convoy protestors despite allegations from top Canadian politicians like far-left New Democrat (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa police announced this week that the suspect charged in connection with an arson incident at a downtown Ottawa apartment building on February 6th had no connection to the Freedom Convoy protests against Chinese coronavirus restrictions, mandates and vaccine passports that were taking place at the same time in the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Police say that 21-year-old suspect Connor Russel McDonald has been charged with several offences but has no known connection to the Freedom Convoy protests, which were in their second week when the arson incident took place, broadcaster CTV <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ctvnews.ca\/no-link-between-downtown-ottawa-arson-and-freedom-convoy-police-1.5828171\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no information indicating McDonald was involved in any way with the Convoy protest which was going on when this arson took place,\u201d Ottawa police said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapolice.ca\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?newsId=46eea503-f886-4e7a-9188-edbecabca0a6\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The people who organized that protest \u2013 and there were several factions \u2026 there is no doubt \u2013 came to overthrow the government,&#8221; Trudeau&#8217;s advisor alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pPLCPIT9zz\">https:\/\/t.co\/pPLCPIT9zz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1502707243166441473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The clarification from Ottawa police comes after many, including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, linked the arson incident to the Freedom Convoy protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence is commonplace,\u201d Singh said about the Freedom Convoy protests shortly after the arson incident had been reported and added, \u201cWe saw an example of this violence, an attempted arson downtown of an apartment building where people started a fire. When they exited they taped the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian journalist Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, a senior researcher for the news outlet True North Centre, tweeted a compilation video of MPs referring to the arson incident as being connected to the protests, including NDP leader Singh.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now that Ottawa Police has come out and said there&#8217;s no evidence that the Feb. 6 residential building arson attempt was connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreedomConvoy2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreedomConvoy2022<\/a> protest I have compiled every time a Liberal\/NDP MP falsely smeared protestors as arsonists in the House of Commons <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdnpoli?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdnpoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rvpPTM7nGr\">pic.twitter.com\/rvpPTM7nGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cosmin Dzsurdzsa \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 (@cosminDZS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cosminDZS\/status\/1506039577651269634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first allegations that the arson was connected to the Freedom Convoy came on Twitter on February 6th, when user Matias Munoz<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/xD1aH\"> released security camera images<\/a> of the alleged suspects in the arson incident.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter a night of blaring horns and fireworks until 4AM, some residents had yelled &#038; pleaded with protesters outside to stop. As the fire was being lit, a tenant walked by and nervously asked who they were. One admitted being part of the convoy protests,\u201d Munoz wrote on February 6th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear to us, as residents, that this was a blatant reprisal by protesters. Not only have they subjected Ottawa residents to widespread harassment, assault, and aggression, but now an attempt to light an entire building on fire,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa\u00a0Mayor Jim Watson also connected the arson to the Freedom Convoy protests following Munoz\u2019s Tweets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/ottawa-police-arson-investigation-fire-apartment-lobby-1.6342347\">saying<\/a>, \u201cYesterday we learned of a horrific story that clearly demonstrates the malicious intent of these protesters occupying our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully no one was hurt,\u00a0but this story could have ended very, very differently. It\u2019s extremely disturbing, and points to a desire to harm our residents,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n<p>Yasir Naqvi, a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s Liberal Party also replied to Munoz\u2019s post on February 7th\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2maPT#selection-623.0-633.156\">saying<\/a>, \u201cIf anyone doubted the threat this protest posed to residents of downtown Ottawa \u2014 this incident shows the kind of danger the community has been living through. The Ottawa Police need to strictly enforce the law and end this occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naqvi is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/emergencies-act-trudeau-vaccine-protest-convoy-ottawa-1.6373636\"> a member of the committee<\/a> that is set to provide oversight on the use of the Emergencies Act by Prime Minister Trudeau, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/14\/justin-trudeau-grabs-powers-under-never-before-used-emergencies-act-to-stomp-out-trucker-protests\/\">used the act for the first time<\/a>\u00a0in Canadian history to forcibly move the Freedom Convoy protestors and force tow truck companies to remove trucks parked in the vicinity of the Canadian parliament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch \u2014 Canadian MP: \u2018Honk Honk\u2019 Is \u2018Acronym for Heil Hitler\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEamCT7bDm\">https:\/\/t.co\/PEamCT7bDm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1496213201792507904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An arson incident in downtown Ottawa last month had no connection to Freedom Convoy protestors despite allegations from top Canadian politicians like far-left New Democrat (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh. 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