Months after Freedom Convoy lawyer Brendan Miller accused an Enterprise Canada employee of carrying a Nazi flag at the Ottawa trucker protest, the company announced it has resolved its defamation suit against Miller over the comments. During the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC)—which was tasked with determining the validity of the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies…

The former minister under Brian Mulroney who oversaw the process to replace the War Measures Act with the Emergencies Act in 1988 says the Trudeau government should release the legal opinion it used to justify invoking the act last winter. “I believe the government should release the legal opinion it relied on,” tweeted former defence…

Social media served as an “accelerant” for the spread of impactful “misinformation and disinformation” during last winter’s protests of COVID-19 restrictions, says the report of the inquiry into the invocation of the Emergencies Act released on Feb. 17. “I have no doubt that misinformation about COVID-19 influenced the views of some protesters and how they…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau divided Canadians by his speech and actions against the Freedom Convoy, despite Justice Paul Rouleau’s conclusion that the use of the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests was justifiable. In his press conference in Calgary on Feb. 17, Poilievre didn’t refute Rouleau’s finding, but accused the…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Feb. 17 that he regretted calling Freedom Convoy protesters a “small fringe minority.” His comments came as part of his response to the newly released Public Order Emergency Commission’s report. While Commissioner Paul Rouleau said in his Feb. 17 report that the government was justified in invoking the Emergency’s Act…

Constitutional and civil liberties organizations expressed disagreement with the main conclusion of the Public Order Emergency Commission and said federal courts must rule on the legality of the Emergencies Act’s use against the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. Commissioner Paul Rouleau on Feb. 17 released the final report of the inquiry into the government’s use of…

Constitutional freedom and civil liberties organizations expressed disagreement with the main conclusion of the Public Order Emergency Commission and said federal courts must rule on the legality of the Emergencies Act’s use against the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. Commissioner Paul Rouleau on Feb. 17 released the final report of the inquiry into the government’s use…

Commissioner Paul Rouleau says the federal government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests in February 2022. The inquiry was launched last year as required by law to evaluate the government’s use of the act. Rouleau’s report on the commission’s finding was tabled in Parliament on Feb. 17. Public Order Emergency…

The report into the first-time use of the Emergencies Act by the Trudeau government last year will be tabled in Parliament on Feb. 17, the Public Order Emergency Commission has announced. After having presented the report to Parliament, Commissioner Paul Rouleau will read a statement which will be broadcast live on the inquiry’s website. The…

The report into the first-time use of the Emergencies Act by the Trudeau government last year will be tabled in Parliament on Feb. 17, the Public Order Emergency Commission has announced. After having presented the report to Parliament, Commissioner Paul Rouleau will read a statement which will be broadcast live on the inquiry’s website. The…