According to text message exchanges summitted to the Emergencies Act inquiry, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s communications director was “encouraging” journalists to investigate who the convoy protesters were before their arrival and where their crowd-sourced funds came from, apparently without knowing if there were any particular concerns to be unearthed. “I’ve been encouraging journalists to…
Mendicino’s Spokesperson Was ‘Encouraging’ Journalists to Find Dirt on Convoy Protesters, Text Messages Reveal
‘People Felt Threatened,’ Says Minister Blair When Asked About Evidence of Serious Violence During Freedom Convoy
Canadians felt “threatened” and “intimidated” by the protests of last winter and that raised a threat of violence that had to be addressed by invoking the Emergencies Act, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 21. “Just to be very clear, I believe there was more than ample evidence…
CSIS Director Told Trudeau Emergencies Act Was Needed Despite Seeing No National Security Threat Under Its Mandate
November 21, 2022
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The director of CSIS told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 21 that he advised the prime minister the Emergencies Act should be invoked, even though his agency had found that the protests of last winter didn’t pose any threats to national security as defined by its mandate. “We did not make a determination…
Emergencies Act Invoked Based on Threat of Serious Violence, Say Top Public Servants
The federal government’s top public servants defended the rationale to invoke the Emergencies Act as they testified on Nov. 18, telling the Public Order Emergency Commission that a threat of serious violence was the main ground for the invocation. “What we use is really 2c,” said Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Nathalie Drouin. “The…
Trudeau’s Intelligence Advisor Differs From CSIS and RCMP on Convoy Protests as a National Security Threat
The prime minister’s advisor on intelligence matters told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 17 that she believed the protests and blockades of last winter represented a national security threat, taking a different position than the heads of CSIS and the RCMP. “The public order emergency is assigned meaning by the CSIS Act but…
‘No Serious Violence in Ottawa’: RCMP Internal Email on Freedom Convoy Protest
November 17, 2022
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An internal email from a senior RCMP officer acknowledged that there was “no serious violence in Ottawa” related to the Freedom Convoy protest—an assessment that differs from that of Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. The email by Deputy Commissioner Brian Brennan to Commissioner Brenda Lucki on Feb. 21 noted that the Emergencies Act (EA) was…
Feds Not to Blame for Lower Credit Scores After It Ordered Accounts Frozen, Says Deputy Minister of Finance
November 17, 2022
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The deputy minister of finance told the Emergencies Act inquiry on Nov. 17 that the federal government was not responsible for lower credit scores experienced by Freedom Convoy protesters whose financial accounts were frozen without a court order during the events of last winter. “I think that’s an issue for the financial institutions and how…
Border Blockades’ Limited Duration Had Little Trade Impact, Says Finance Official
The cross-country border blockades of last winter to protest COVID-19 restrictions had a limited impact on trade, a senior finance department official told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 17. “I think that it’s fair to say that the economic impact was limited, but it was limited because the duration of the blockades was…
Border Agency Saw Cross-Country Protests as Low Risk, but Increased Threat Language as Emergency Was Declared
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) assessed the threat posed by the cross-country protests and blockades as “low” throughout last winter’s events, its former president told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 16. But at the time the Liberal government was invoking the Emergencies Act on the afternoon of Feb. 14 to deal with…
Convoy-Related Protests Were Not a National Security Threat, Says RCMP Commissioner
The cross-country protests and blockades of last winter demanding the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions were not a national security threat, according to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. “There was some snippets of information on open source, and that came through intelligence—things that were similar to the storming of the Parliament—but none of it manifested itself, so…
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