A blacklist of 201 trucking companies that took part in the Freedom Convoy protest early this year was distributed by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in February, records show. “Please find attached an excel sheet detailing which companies whose trucks are participating in Ottawa convoy demonstrations,” wrote an unidentified staffer in an email distributed from…
Freeland’s Office Distributed Blacklist of Trucking Companies Who Participated in Freedom Convoy
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…
PR Firm Denies Allegation That Its Employee Was the One Carrying Nazi Flag During Freedom Convoy
November 22, 2022
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Strategic communications firm Enterprise Canada is denying that one of its employees had carried a Nazi flag during the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, after the allegation was made by a lawyer representing some of the convoy organizers at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Brendan Miller, a lawyer for the protest organizers, said at the inquiry…
Lawyers Frustrated by Ottawa’s Disclosure of Documents at Emergencies Act Inquiry
Several lawyers at the inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act last winter say Ottawa has been too slow to disclose documents and are raising concerns about a lack of transparency. Thousands of pages of documents have been submitted into evidence at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is scrutinizing the decision…
Mendicino’s Spokesperson Was ‘Encouraging’ Journalists to Find Dirt on Convoy Protesters, Text Messages Reveal
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…
‘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…
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