Before invoking the Emergencies Act, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a call with the premiers of provinces and territories on Feb. 14 where several of them said getting rid of COVID-19 restrictions was the path forward and the act would “inflame” the situation, according to handwritten notes of the meeting.
While Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Trudeau and others he was very supportive of the invocation, he said he was dropping the vaccine passport.
The information was captured in the notes of Trevor Holloway, a senior intergovernmental officer with the executive council and the office of Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.
Holloway’s notes were entered as evidence on Nov. 10 at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is examining the Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act last winter to deal with cross-country protests and blockades demanding the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions….