Commentary
The report from the Public Order Emergency Commission shows that Commissioner Paul Rouleau was missing key information he needed to make his ruling, in which he said he found “with reluctance” that the use of the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests was justified.
On the one hand, the report is critical of everyone involved—the police, social media, and the government. On the other hand, it lets the federal government claim a victory.  It is, however, a pyrrhic victory, as we will soon see.
There is also the issue of perception. There have been reports of Justice Rouleau’s past work with the Liberal Party. That is not to take away from Mr. Rouleau personally, but in such delicate matters justice must be seen to be done. Let it suffice to say that Prime Minister Trudeau would have better served the Canadian people to have appointed a judge that had a Conservative past….