The Institute for Freedom and Justice (IFJ), a registered charity based in Moncton, New Brunswick, has written a letter objecting to the Governor in Council and Cabinet receiving the final report from the Emergencies Act inquiry before it is made public.
The legal advocacy organization’s letter to Commissioner Paul Rouleau, the justice chairing the Public Order Emergencies Commission (POEC), notes that the Emergencies Act specifically requires the public inquiry to provide a report to each house of Parliament within 360 days after the revocation of the declaration of emergency.
The Trudeau government invoked the powers of the Emergencies Act, formerly the War Measures Act, on Feb. 14, 2022, to end the three-week Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa last year….