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One of the main lawyers representing some convoy organizers says the group was receiving leaked police information during the early days of protests that blocked streets in downtown Ottawa, the Emergencies Act inquiry heard. Keith Wilson, who represents organizers including Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, is testifying Wednesday in front of …

The Emergencies Act inquiry has heard from police and local politicians, but now another group is set to share their perspective — the protesters. Chris Barber, Tamara Lich and Pat King are names many will be familiar with, but this week’s witness list also features some people who may not be as well known. …

It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic restrictions last winter. That’s the picture witnesses have painted over the first couple of …

Doug Ford may be on solid legal footing as he seeks to invoke parliamentary privilege and avoid testifying at the Emergencies Act commission — but some experts question whether the Ontario premier is abusing the tactic. “He’s using it in such a powerful way that it’s basically using parliamentary privilege almost as a sword,” …

Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly said last winter’s convoy protests “badly exposed” issues with policing and national security in Canada, according to evidence tabled with the Emergencies Act inquiry ahead of his testimony this morning. Sloly, who resigned on Feb. 15, also told the Public Order Emergency Commission he does …

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

Outgoing Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says the city did not have the police resources it needed to handle last winter’s anti-COVID-19 restriction protests — and it wanted swifter help from other levels of government. Watson was testifying before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Tuesday. The inquiry is looking into whether the federal government’s …

When Paul Rouleau kicked off the inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act, he warned against allowing the proceedings to become “adversarial.” “I recognize that different points of view will be forcefully advanced. This is to be expected. It is important, however, that at all times disagreement …

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 …

A fatality inquiry is scheduled to begin this week, examining the circumstances that led to the prolonged and painful death of a teenager who was neglected and starved until he weighed less than 40 pounds. Alex Radita would be 24 years old today. When he died in 2013, he was …