Commentary The CRTC is best known as the Canadian content regulator. For the last half-century or so it has seen to it that Canadian productions, like “Anne of Green Gables,” and Canadian music artists were featured with sufficient regularity. (Those of us of a certain age would joke about having Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” seared into…
Alberta Purchased Tow Trucks for Coutts Border Protest Before Emergencies Act Invoked: Documents
After difficulty getting tow truck companies to agree to tow rigs at the Coutts border protest in February 2022, the Alberta government ultimately bought towing equipment from Kijiji and the Truck Trader, according to documents. The provincial government ultimately bought $826,000 worth of equipment after various Alberta companies with towing or crane equipment were contacted by…
RCMP’s Lucki Can’t Explain Text Messages in Which She Suggested Ottawa Wanted Support for Emergencies Act Retroactively
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki couldn’t explain her text messages from early this year that suggested Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair would seek retroactive support for the Emergencies Act (EA) from the police. As first reported by the Globe and Mail, Lucki was approached by reporters outside a House of Commons committee on Oct. 31 regarding…
Trust ‘Lost’ the Moment Ottawa Police Seized Fuel From Freedom Convoy: OPP Senior Officer
A senior officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) says that after Ottawa police seized fuel from a convoy protest site during February’s demonstration and arrested several people, the trust the convoy organizers had with the police liaison teams was damaged and further negotiations were hindered. Testifying on Oct. 20 at the public inquiry into the…
Cory Morgan: Overstatement of Business Losses yet Another Misrepresentation of the Freedom Convoy Protest
It’s a rare event when any kind of government program manages to come in under budget, but that’s what happened with the business subsidy offered by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to businesses harmed by the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa in February. A fund of $20 million was earmarked for small…
Brian Giesbrecht: Does Canada Have a Two-Tiered System of Justice?
August 18, 2022
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Commentary The FBI raid on the home of former U.S. President Donald Trump has emphasized existing concerns that the United States now has a two-tiered justice system—one for those in power and another for those who aren’t. But here in Canada, we have a quieter version of that same debate, revealed during the convoy protests….
Cory Morgan: Trudeau Raising International Partners’ Concerns About Convoy Protest Adds to Questions on Use of Emergencies Act
August 16, 2022
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Commentary While Prime Minister Trudeau often doesn’t appear to hold much regard for the views of Canadians, he is always very concerned about what the world outside of Canada thinks of him. Recently released documents summarizing meetings of the government’s incident response group and cabinet held in February indicate Trudeau warned cabinet ministers that international…
Cory Morgan: Handgun Import Ban: Liberals Using Orders-in-Council to Avoid Parliamentary Scrutiny at a Rate Unseen in Living Memory
Commentary An order-in-council (OIC) is a legislative tool used in parliaments to enact an action or regulation without having to go through all the steps formally required to pass a bill or motion in Parliament. It is accepted that the government cabinet can use this tool for items that don’t merit a full parliamentary debate…
‘Three Weeks That Shook the World’: Veteran Journalist Pens Inside Story of Freedom Convoy
When Andrew Lawton was dispatched to cover the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa this winter, he witnessed first-hand the discrepancy between what he observed on the ground and what was reported in the legacy media. The journalism fellow at True North and host of The Andrew Lawton Show recently released a book about his observations…
Ottawa Police Issued 103 Tickets, Towed 12 Vehicles Amid Convoy Protests Over the Weekend
Ottawa police issued 103 tickets and towed 12 vehicles amid convoy protests held at the city’s downtown area over the weekend. In a statement released July 23, the Ottawa Police Service said law enforcement was deployed to the city’s downtown core and surrounding area that day in response to the protests, and that measures were…
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