Did Justin Trudeau need the controversial Emergencies Act to stop the ‘Freedom Convoy’? A judge will hear the arguments for and against this week

Over six weeks of public hearings, the inquiry will probe last winter’s protests, and how the federal government responded with special police powers under never-before-used emergency legislation.

OTTAWA — The shock waves — political, legal and historical — from the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” have crashed through Canadian society for more than eight months.

The situation spawned pointed criticism of police, particularly in Ottawa, where convoy truckers camped out for three weeks in the downtown core, with cooking stations and fuel suppliers travelling with seeming impunity amid a local backlash at the disruption and chaos. The public hearings will dredge through all of this, and perhaps more, over six weeks of televised testimony. The witness list — which, as of Friday afternoon remained officially “confidential” — is expected to include Trudeau and possibly other cabinet ministers, as well as local politicians and police leaders involved in the response to the protests.

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