Lawyer for ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers facing libel notice over inquiry claims

"It is irresponsible and reckless to use the Commission's process to make these false and damaging allegations in a highly visible forum," the letter said.

A lawyer representing the “Freedom Convoy” organizers is facing a cease-and-desist letter as well as a “forthcoming” notice of libel after allegations he made during the Emergencies Act inquiry on Monday.

Brendan Miller, the counsel representing Freedom Corp., had claimed during comments made at the commission that an employee of the government relations firm Enterprise Canada, Brian Fox, was carrying a Nazi flag during the protests earlier this year.

In a cease and desist letter sent to Miller and published on Enterprise Canada’s Twitter on Tuesday, lawyer Jeff Galway from Blakes, Cassels and Graydon said the “unfounded accusation” is “highly defamatory.”

“It is irresponsible and reckless to use the Commission’s process to make these false and damaging allegations in a highly visible forum,” the letter said.

“These accusations could not be more baseless, and are causing immediate and irreparable harm to our clients.”

Miller levied the accusation on Monday while questioning the head of Canada’s spy agency, David Vigneault, during a hearing for the Public Order Emergencies Commission.

Miller had alleged that the Enterprise employee had been carrying a Nazi flag during the convoy.

When Vigneault responded that he hasn’t testified to that, Miller fired back, “Yeah, you haven’t testified to it, but you know that to be true, don’t you?”