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Nov 26, 2022 · Here's what central players had to say as the Emergencies Act inquiry hearings wrapped. After six weeks, more than 70 witnesses, and the submission of more than 7,000 documents into evidence, the ...
- Federal government was justified in using the Emergencies Act. Rouleau found it was reasonable for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet to invoke the Emergencies Act and its powers to bring the protests to an end.
- There was 'a failure of federalism' Rouleau said the various levels of government did not work well together during the protests. The events of January and February 2022 can be seen "as a failure of federalism," he said.
- Cross-border vaccine mandates, Trudeau's comments. Rouleau concluded that the federal government's vaccine mandate for cross-border workers — coupled with Trudeau's controversial remark that only "a small fringe minority of people" were opposed to these COVID-related restrictions — provided the spark for the trucker convoy.
- A call for reform. Among Rouleau's 56 recommendations is an urgent call to review how policing is carried out in Ottawa. Rouleau said Ottawa is a "complex" jurisdiction with four police services — the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS), the Ottawa Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police and the RCMP — responsible for various aspects of protecting the nation's capital.
Oct 12, 2022 · History was made on Oct. 13 with the launch of the Public Order Emergency Commission's public hearings in Ottawa, looking into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to bring last ...
Feb 17, 2023 · Published Feb. 17, 2023 2:00 a.m. PST. Share. The Public Order Emergency Commission has concluded that the federal government met the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act to bring an end to ...
Jan 23, 2024 · The public inquiry investigating the federal government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act in February begins today in downtown Ottawa. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)
Jan 23, 2024 · The Federal Court has ruled the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act during the so-called "Freedom Convoy" that descended on Ottawa violated the Charter.
Feb 14, 2022 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked the Emergencies Act for the first in time in Canada's history to give the federal government extra powers to handle ongoing protests against ...
