Here’s who will testify this week as Emergencies Act public inquiry hearings begin
Global News
The inquiry into the Emergencies Act invocation will have to submit its final report to the government, which includes findings and recommendations, by Feb. 6.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest organizer Tamara Lich are among those who will be called to testify later this week in a probe into the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act earlier this year.
The list of names of all those called to testify before the Public Order Emergency Commission was released Tuesday morning, and it includes a number of politicians, protest organizers, and intelligence agency officials.
“The Commission is about to embark on the public phase of the process of finding answers to the questions assigned to it by Parliament under the Emergencies Act,” said Commissioner Paul Rouleau in a press release.
“This critical phase will shed light on the events that led to the declaration of the public order emergency and fully explore the reasons advanced for the declaration.”
The public hearings are set to begin this Thursday in downtown Ottawa and will run to the end of November, according to the commission.
Over the course of six weeks of hearings, the commission will hear from more than 60 witnesses from a list that includes high-profile protesters, law enforcement, cabinet ministers and people impacted by the occupation. During that time, the commission will dig into the government’s justification for invoking the Emergencies Act.
The government granted police the extraordinary temporary powers on Feb. 14 when it decided to invoke the Act, a move that the government said would help law enforcement clear protestors out of downtown Ottawa and that also froze the bank accounts of some of those involved.
The controversial decision came after three weeks of protests, during which trucks snarled downtown Ottawa streets, with protestors blaring truck horns and disrupting the daily lives of residents. Similar protests clogged several border crossings across the country.
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