The city of Ottawa has spent nearly $900,000 on participating in the Public Order Emergency Commission.
A copy of Justice Paul Rouleau's report on the Liberal government's use of the Emergencies Act, is shown in Ottawa, Friday, Feb.17, 2023.
The inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to quell the "Freedom Convoy" demonstrations in 2022 lasted for six weeks and heard from several city officials, including former councillors, the former city manager, the former police chief, and the former mayor. The city also provided more than 30,000 records to the commission.
The city retained Gowling WLG as external legal counsel, working with the city solicitor, the report states. The commission heard from now former councillors Catherine McKenney, Mathieu Fleury and Diane Deans, now former city manager Steve Kanellakos, now former mayor Jim Watson and his chief of staff Serge Arpin, emergency and protective services manager Kim Ayotte, and several members of the Ottawa Police Service, including former police chief Peter Sloly and former interim police chief Steve Bell.led to the convoy spinning out of control.
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