Three members of the Canadian Special Operations Forces are under investigation for allegedly supporting the protests against COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa, the Department of National Defence said on Sunday.
Highlights
- Three members of the Canadian Special Operations Forces are under investigation for allegedly supporting the protests against COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa.
- The department did not detail how the three unidentified members were involved in the demonstrations.
- The “Freedom Convoy” protests, started in the national capital Ottawa by Canadian truckers opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers, entered its 17th day on Sunday.
- The members were already in the process of being released from the Canadian Armed Forces.
- The department said it does not condone its members supporting and/or actively taking part in causes that jeopardize the apolitical imperative associated with their functions.