Tag: POEC

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…


MP Candice Bergen Disputes Media Interpretation of Call With PM Amid Convoy Protest

Some media outlets suggested over the past week that former Conservative interim leader and MP Candice Bergen said one thing in public about dialogue with the Freedom Convoy amid its protests last winter but expressed a different view in a private conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In response, Bergen took to Twitter on Nov….


MP Candice Bergen Criticizes Trudeau’s ‘Mischaracterization’ of Their Phone Call Amid Convoy Protest

Former Conservative interim leader and MP Candice Bergen is criticizing Prime Minster Justin Trudeau for what she said amounts to mischaracterization of a private phone conversation between the two amid the Freedom Convoy protests last winter. An interpretation of the Feb. 3 phone call by Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff, was followed by a…


Commission Heard From More Than 9,000 Canadians About Emergencies Act Invocation

Over 9,000 Canadians submitted input to the inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act to end the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa earlier this year, and on Nov. 23, the commission will make a presentation on the public submissions process and a summary of the results, a spokesperson says. “Public interest in the Commission’s…