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The history-making Public Order Emergency Commission, which is reviewing the federal government’s use of emergency powers last winter, is hearing testimony in Ottawa. The inquiry is expected to last six weeks. News Source link
Read More »Emergencies Act inquiry to hear how protesters affected those living and working in Ottawa
The public inquiry examining the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act will hear later this morning how the protesters who took over Ottawa streets last winter affected those who live and work in the capital. Ottawa-based lawyer Victoria De La Ronde and Zexi Li — an Ottawa resident who helped secure …
Read More »Trudeau defends vax mandates, Emergencies Act decision, in interview
Justin Trudeau says people who chose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 must accept the consequences of those decisions, including lost employment and restricted access to transportation and other services. “It was their choice and nobody ever was going to force anyone into doing something they don’t want to do,” …
Read More »Where has Doug Ford been during Ottawa emergencies? Someplace else
With just about a week left until election day, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford was supposed to make his first — and presumably only — campaign stop in Ottawa on Thursday. But after a devastating storm ripped through the capital and the surrounding areas in eastern Ontario, Ford’s Ottawa trip …
Read More »To understand Ottawa’s use of the Emergencies Act, we need to know what cabinet knew
Attempts to follow the threads that led to the federal government’s historic invocation of the Emergencies Act in February have come upon a knot — the question of who, if anyone, provided the advice that led the government to declare an emergency. Unravelling that knot is vital to understanding how the …
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