Public commission into the Trudeau government’s use of Emergencies Act |...

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Oct 12 2022  5 424

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the Act was invoked by the government in

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February largely in response to the

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freedom Convoy protests that had taken

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over downtown streets in the nation's

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capital for weeks the commission will

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hear from a total of 65 Witnesses

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including prime minister Justin Trudeau

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at a press conference on Wednesday

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Cara's Weeble of the Canadian civil

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liberties Liberties Association said the

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commission has a number of important

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questions to answer

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was the legal threshold for invoking the

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ACT met where their genuine concerns

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about threats to National Security or

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was the government largely concerned

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about the economic impacts of the

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blockades

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what evidence supported the government's

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view that there was a threat to security

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or a serious threat to a lives health or

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safety of Canadians

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why according to the government were

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existing laws inadequate to address the

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emergency