Now that I re-read my post. I was wrong to say "close to overthrowing". The was no time that the occupiers were ever in the realm of threating the overthrow of the sitting government. (Even though the MOU stated a desire
"replace" the government, that document was written by people who had no idea how a constitutional monarchy works)
The word
overthrow was liberally used by all commentators opposed to the occupiers.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the movement is not driven by protest against Covid-19 measures.
www.politico.com
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino told a press conference Tuesday. “That is not what is driving this movement right now. What is driving this movement is a very small, organized group that is driven by an ideology to overthrow the government.”
Leaders of truck convoy protests sought to overthrow government, national security adviser says
Jody Thomas, a former deputy minster at the Department of National Defence who became Mr. Trudeau’s top national security adviser
“The occupation of Ottawa was dug in. They had supply chains. They had organization. They had funding coming in from across Canada but also other countries,” Ms. Thomas said. “The people who organized that protest – and there were several factions … there is no doubt – came to overthrow the government.”
Jagmeet Singh calls for emergency debate in Canadian parliament over ongoing trucker ‘occupation’ of capital, Ottawa.
www.aljazeera.com
New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh, Speaking to reporters on Monday morning, Singh said the convoy’s stated intent is to “overthrow the government”.
By liberally using the word "Overthrow" the government stoked the fears of people who should have known better that a rag-tag group of unorganized (which was born out by the inquiry) dissenters didn't have a snowballs chance in hell of overthrowing a local village council let alone the government of Canada.