Category: Commissioner Rouleau

John Robson: CSIS Leak: What Will It Take for Trudeau to Start Expelling Chinese Diplomats?

Commentary Apparently the Canadian government is justified in taking drastic measures to combat threats to national security or someone’s “self-realization” from, say, a truck horn. But if a totalitarian tyranny attempts to fiddle our elections, well, all good clean fun. At any rate, the prime minister declares himself thoroughly vindicated by the Rouleau report. But…


Legal Advocacy Group Urges Emergencies Act Inquiry Commissioner Not to Send Report to Feds in Advance

The Institute for Freedom and Justice (IFJ), a registered charity based in Moncton, New Brunswick, has written a letter objecting to the Governor in Council and Cabinet receiving the final report from the Emergencies Act inquiry before it is made public. The legal advocacy organization’s letter to Commissioner Paul Rouleau, the justice chairing the Public…


Feds Will Not Provide Emergencies Act Inquiry the Legal Advice They Received for Use of Act: Justice Minister

The initial legal opinion formed by the federal government to justify invoking the Emergencies Act last February will not be revealed to the public inquiry, implied Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti as he testified on Nov. 23. “I think we have done our best to provide all the information we can. The section…


Emergencies Act Inquiry Commissioner Denies Convoy Lawyers’ Several Requests, Including on Nazi Flag Controversy

The commissioner of the Emergencies Act inquiry issued a ruling on Nov. 23 dismissing several requests made by the lawyers representing Freedom Convoy organizers, including related to the allegation that the individual carrying a Nazi flag at last winter’s protest was working for a public relations firm. “Freedom Corp. has raised serious allegations regarding Enterprise…