The Ottawa mayor's former chief of staff told the court that an injunction was signed after the protests had begun to lower the permissible temperature for trucks to idle from 5C to minus-15C.
'There is no information indicating (the man charged in the incident) was involved in any way with the Convoy protest which was going on when this arson took place,' Ottawa police said yesterday.
The Ottawa mayor's office was misled into believing that the protesters were committing 'acts of violence, damage, destruction and harassment,' which was in fact not true.
The 'policing' mentioned by Mayor Jim Watson in his justification for selling the trucks involved at least one elderly lady being violently trampled by police officers mounted on horses.
Diane Deans attracted much criticism after calling the Freedom Convoy's peaceful demonstration an 'occupation' and part of a larger 'nationwide insurrection.'
The crowdfunding platform initially stated that they would donate any money that was not reclaimed by donors to other charities but backtracked after a significant public outcry.