The strange, unremarked case of Corey Hurren

It may be that some federal officials are relieved that, with a guilty plea, there will be no public airing of the serious lack of security for Trudeau and the GG exposed by the July 2 incident.
There’s no doubt that everyone involved needs to shed their complacency about security for elected representatives in Ottawa after Corey Hurren’s July 2, 2020 storming of Rideau Hall, writes Les Whittington.
OTTAWA—So, seven months later, we have established that it’s against the law to bust into the Rideau Hall grounds by ramming through the iron entrance gate with your truck and having in your possession a bunch of restricted firearms while you’re at it. Of course, from a legal standpoint, it h...

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