RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki was given advice on testifying at parliamentary hearings, including specific instructions for body language and sample answers for difficult questions, according to an internal document from the RCMP’s government affairs unit. “It is not uncommon for committee members to become heated or even antagonistic in their questioning of a witness. Be conscious…
RCMP Commissioner Lucki Given Tips on Testifying at Parliamentary Committees: Internal Document
RCMP Falsely Claimed Freedom Convoy Protesters Were Armed, Documents Show
The RCMP falsely claimed on Feb. 14—the same day cabinet invoked the Emergencies Act—that Freedom Convoy protesters gathered outside Ottawa’s Parliament buildings were armed, internal documents show. Ottawa Police Service (OPS) interim chief Steve Bell later confirmed no weapons were found among protesters. “Intelligence information also suggests that convoy protesters are beginning to weaponize themselves,” read an…
AB, SK Say Provinces Only Informed of Ottawa’s Intention to Use Emergencies Act Hours Before It Was Invoked
Lawyers representing the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta in the public inquiry into the federal government’s recent use of the Emergencies Act say the provinces were only told of Ottawa’s intention in the morning of the day the act was invoked. “Feb. 14 was a very significant day from the government of Saskatchewan’s perspective,” Michael…
Freedom Convoy Organizer Concerned That Most Emergencies Act Inquiry Witnesses Are in Government
Freedom Convoy organizer Benjamin Dichter says he’s concerned that the majority of witnesses appearing before the upcoming public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act are in the government. “You have 65 witnesses of, it looks like, if I’m counting correctly, that [50] of the 65 work for the government. Right away,…
Civil Liberties Group to Challenge Constitutionality of Ottawa’s Use of Emergencies Act in Upcoming Hearing
A civil liberties group says the federal government has yet to prove that the legal threshold to invoke the Emergencies Act earlier this year to address the Freedom Convoy protests was met, which will be the group’s focus in an upcoming public hearing. The Public Order Emergency Commission is scheduled to begin the hearing on Oct….
No Evidence of Violence, Threats From Freedom Convoy: Internal Gov. Reports
There was no evidence of violence by Freedom Convoy organizers and supporters when they protested against federal COVID-19 mandates and restrictions in Ottawa earlier this year, according to security reports from an internal department of Public Safety Canada. In a security update dated Feb. 14—the day the Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act—the public safety…
Public Safety Department Censored ‘Hundreds’ of Freedom Convoy Documents, Says Bloc MP
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s department censored “hundreds” of pages of documents related to security measures taken against the Freedom Convoy in February, according to Bloc Québécois MP Rhéal Fortin. Public Safety provided the documents to the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency after being ordered to do so by the committee in May….
Public Safety Department Censored ‘Hundreds of Pages’ of Freedom Convoy Documents, Says Bloc MP
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s department censored “hundreds” of pages of documents related to security measures taken against the Freedom Convoy in February, according to Bloc Québécois MP Rhéal Fortin. Public Safety provided the documents to the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency after being ordered to do so by the committee in May….
Emergencies Act Public Inquiry Releases Official Witness List
The official witness list for the public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act has been released by the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) and includes the prime minister, key Freedom Convoy organizers, and prominent cabinet members. The commission, which will begin its public hearings on Oct. 13, lists a total of…
Five Things to Know as the Emergencies Act Public Inquiry Gets Underway
The inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during “Freedom Convoy” protests last winter will start public hearings on Thursday. Here are five things to know about it: 1. A longtime judge is leading the commission Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Ontario Appeal Court Justice Paul Rouleau as the inquiry’s commissioner….
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