Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
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Freeland is the seventh cabinet minister to testify this week before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau closes out the public hearings on Friday.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is next on the witness list at the public inquiry probing the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to weeks-long protests last winter.
Freeland, who is also the federal finance minister, was the lead on emergency economic powers given to banks and other financial institutions to freeze the accounts of participants in the “Freedom Convoy.”
The Public Order Emergency Commission is scrutinizing the events that led to the federal emergency declaration Feb. 14, weeks into protests that gridlocked downtown Ottawa and halted Canada-U.S. trade at several border crossings.
Freeland is the seventh cabinet minister to testify this week before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau closes out the public hearings on Friday.
Three of Trudeau’s senior staffers, including chief of staff Katie Telford, are expected to take the stand after lawyers finish questioning Freeland.
Commissioner Paul Rouleau is expected to present a final report to Parliament early next year.
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The Toronto Public Library is apologizing after a mother took to social media, saying they refused to let her lost child use their phone to call for help.
The last few weeks have seen an 'exponential' rise in fraud attempts, says says Octavia Howell, chief information security officer at Equifax Canada.
One the men, Owyn McInnis, was killed. The two others, Riley Brinnen and Owen Waterhouse, sustained life-altering injuries.
The airport expects to see the most travellers on December 20th, 23rd and 27th. During the holiday season around 100 flights are going in and out of YEG per day.
A motorist fleeing police collided with a car in north of London, Ont., leaving three hospitalized, two with life-threatening injuries. The SIU is investigating.
A memorial service has been scheduled for Dec. 11 by a support agency for a homeless man who died in Windsor, N.S., last week.
A new poll suggests that Quebec premier François Legault approval rating is now worse than that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which recent polls have pegged around 30 per cent.
On Friday, the Tories released the text of a motion they planned to bring to the House of Commons on Monday, quoting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's criticism of the Liberals.