The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is in the middle of the Ottawa lockdown.
Norm Hall said via Twitter that he and other Canadian Federation of Agriculture board members were in Ottawa today for meetings when the shootings and resulting lockdown of the downtown area occurred.
The crisis began when a soldier was shot near the national war memorial and multiple shots were later fired inside the Parliament Buildings. Shots were also reported at a nearby mall.
“We are a number of blocks from the Hill, about a 10-minute walk,” Hall said.
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“Heard sirens, common in a city tho (sic). Has changed our meetings for next days.”
Hall said a breakfast and lobbying on the Hill that was scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled, and others who were to attend the meetings have been delayed or are in lockdown elsewhere.
Martin Harry, eastern marketing manager for SeCan, went from tweeting a picture of himself sitting at an MP’s desk during a tour of the House of Commons to noting his group was locked down.
“Shots fired on Parliament Hill,” he said.
“We are in Conservative caucus room. Locked in and on the floor.”
About five hours later he tweeted a photo of a door barricaded with furniture and the comment, “still in lockdown on Parliament Hill. All is well.”
Meanwhile, Hall said when sirens go by it could be nothing to do with the shootings, “but today we are a little more sensitive.”
