Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis had the chance to meet with the University of Calgary and University of Alberta, students, and the Calgary and Edmonton police chiefs about the anti-Israel encampments. Reports have been raised about potential injuries from the anti-Israel encampment removals. “And so my minister of public safety and emergency services has committed that he will ask ASIRT (Alberta Serious Incident Response Team) to do an investigation to ensure there wasn’t any unreasonable use of force,” said Smith in a Monday speech during Question Period in the Alberta Legislature. Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley had pointed out the contrast of the police responses at U of C and U of A with the government’s passive acceptance of a 43-day encampment protesting the carbon tax. “The universities got it wrong, Mr. Speaker,” said Notley. “So to the premier — will she ensure the minister responsible uses the powers under Section 99 of the Post-Secondary Learning Act to launch a thorough investigation into the decision-making to violently remove young people and faculty this weekend from the campus.” Ellis said in a press scrum he learned there had been some injuries. “And of course if there are some injuries, that takes it to an entirely different level that may result in an independent ASIRT investigation,” he said. “So these are things that I’m actually contemplating.” Ellis followed up by saying the Alberta’s government is aware allegations have been made by protestors related to potential injuries sustained while police were enforcing trespass notices. "We have asked the Director of Law Enforcement to have ASIRT review these claims," he said. "Should allegations of serious injury be substantiated, ASIRT will investigate those claims further."The Calgary Police Service (CPS) said on Friday it had dismantled the anti-Israel encampment on U of C’s campus after being up for less than one day. READ MORE: WATCH: Riot police dismantle anti-Israel encampment from U of C campusProtesters assembled a makeshift territory with about 20 tents surrounded by wooden skids on the south lawn near MacEwan Hall around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday. Soon after it was assembled, CPS was notified about it by campus security and warned the protesters to leave. CPS estimated what began with about 15 people in the morning grew to 150. Protestors were students and non-students and represented all age groups. The University of Alberta said on Saturday it had almost all of the occupants from its anti-Israel encampment cleared out following a third reading to them of a trespass notice.READ MORE: U of A, Edmonton police clear out pro-Palestine encampment from campusAt the time the encampment cleared, there were about 40 tents and 50 people. “To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 25% of the occupants were University of Alberta students,” said U of A President and Vice-Chancellor Bill Flanagan. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis had the chance to meet with the University of Calgary and University of Alberta, students, and the Calgary and Edmonton police chiefs about the anti-Israel encampments. Reports have been raised about potential injuries from the anti-Israel encampment removals. “And so my minister of public safety and emergency services has committed that he will ask ASIRT (Alberta Serious Incident Response Team) to do an investigation to ensure there wasn’t any unreasonable use of force,” said Smith in a Monday speech during Question Period in the Alberta Legislature. Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley had pointed out the contrast of the police responses at U of C and U of A with the government’s passive acceptance of a 43-day encampment protesting the carbon tax. “The universities got it wrong, Mr. Speaker,” said Notley. “So to the premier — will she ensure the minister responsible uses the powers under Section 99 of the Post-Secondary Learning Act to launch a thorough investigation into the decision-making to violently remove young people and faculty this weekend from the campus.” Ellis said in a press scrum he learned there had been some injuries. “And of course if there are some injuries, that takes it to an entirely different level that may result in an independent ASIRT investigation,” he said. “So these are things that I’m actually contemplating.” Ellis followed up by saying the Alberta’s government is aware allegations have been made by protestors related to potential injuries sustained while police were enforcing trespass notices. "We have asked the Director of Law Enforcement to have ASIRT review these claims," he said. "Should allegations of serious injury be substantiated, ASIRT will investigate those claims further."The Calgary Police Service (CPS) said on Friday it had dismantled the anti-Israel encampment on U of C’s campus after being up for less than one day. READ MORE: WATCH: Riot police dismantle anti-Israel encampment from U of C campusProtesters assembled a makeshift territory with about 20 tents surrounded by wooden skids on the south lawn near MacEwan Hall around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday. Soon after it was assembled, CPS was notified about it by campus security and warned the protesters to leave. CPS estimated what began with about 15 people in the morning grew to 150. Protestors were students and non-students and represented all age groups. The University of Alberta said on Saturday it had almost all of the occupants from its anti-Israel encampment cleared out following a third reading to them of a trespass notice.READ MORE: U of A, Edmonton police clear out pro-Palestine encampment from campusAt the time the encampment cleared, there were about 40 tents and 50 people. “To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 25% of the occupants were University of Alberta students,” said U of A President and Vice-Chancellor Bill Flanagan. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.