PM Trudeau, along with several senior cabinet ministers, other government officials, convoy leaders, local officials and police chiefs are part of the more than 60 witnesses expected to testify
The Public Order Emergency Commission, led by Justice Paul Rouleau, started off with opening statements on Thursday; the beginning of what is expected to be six weeks of hearings into the government’s use of the act last February.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The commission has given legal standing to civil rights groups, convoy leaders police agencies, municipalities and provinces to testify. Lawyers representing those groups gave opening statements Thursday.Article content England and lawyers from Saskatchewan said the provinces were only informed hours before the government brought in the act. The provinces both argued the federal government had made their mind up to bring in the act even before meeting with them.
The federal government has its own lawyer as part of the commission, Robert MacKinnon, who will argue the government had no other choice. He listed the many disruptions people living downtown experienced from loud air horns and trucks running around the clock, to closed businesses and the inability to use public transit or even get a taxi.“People see the Parliament buildings, and they think this is all governments, and so forth but there are people, there are children, there are schools.”
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