Canadian Deputy Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland testified before the special committee reviewing the Emergencies Act on June 14 but left many questions unanswered, causing some parliamentarians to express frustration.
A core demand by members of the committee is to gain access to government documents related to the invocation of the act on Feb. 14.
The act was invoked to clear cross-country protests and blockades demanding the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
So far, ministers and officials have raised cabinet confidentiality and solicitor-client privilege to avoid answering some key questions.
Conservative MP Glen Motz asked Freeland, as the most senior official to testify so far, if the government would commit to waiving confidentiality to produce the documents ordered by the committee….