The word “unprecedented” applies to some aspects of the massive public inquiry underway in Ottawa. After all, the commission is investigating the first-time use of the federal Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy,” protests last winter that decried extraordinary restrictions during a global pandemic. But this week’s dramatic conclusion of the Public Order Emergency Commission…
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Why OPP’s Upcoming Testimony at the Emergencies Act Inquiry Could Be Very Revealing
News Analysis In his opening statement at the public inquiry into the feds’ use of the Emergencies Act last week, the lawyer representing the Ontario Provincial Police said the OPP didn’t need an emergency declaration to clear the convoy protests. Two of the highest-profile convoy protest sites were in the OPP’s jurisdiction: Ottawa, ground zero of…
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,…
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…
Civil Liberties Groups Demand Feds Allow Robust Inquiry Into Use of Emergencies Act
As the federal government calls a public inquiry into the use of the Emergency Act, a diverse coalition of civil society groups is watching closely to ensure the investigation is broad in scope and independent. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Act for the first time since its creation on Feb. 14 in response to…
UK to Hold Public Inquiry Into Novichok Death of Dawn Sturgess
A public inquiry will be held following the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was unwittingly poisoned by Novichok in 2018. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has granted permission for 44-year-old Ms Sturgess’s inquest to be converted into a public inquiry to better examine any possible Russian involvement, amid allegations she died as an indirect result…
UK Inquiry: Children in Care Homes Faced Decades of Abuse
LONDON—A British public inquiry into child sexual abuse said Tuesday that hundreds of children in the care of a London authority faced “hard to comprehend” levels of abuse and neglect over several decades. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said that between the 1960s and the 1990s, local authority staff in the south London…
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