Strategic communications firm Enterprise Canada is denying that one of its employees had carried a Nazi flag during the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, after the allegation was made by a lawyer representing some of the convoy organizers at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Brendan Miller, a lawyer for the protest organizers, said at the inquiry…
PR Firm Denies Allegation That Its Employee Was the One Carrying Nazi Flag During Freedom Convoy
November 22, 2022
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Mendicino Says Protesters Wanted to Overthrow Government, Based On Repudiated ‘Manifesto’
The effects of last winter’s protests and blockades, tied to their intention to “overthrow” the government, led Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to judge it was necessary to invoke the Emergencies Act, according to his testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 22. “The fact that all of this was tied to a…
Mendicino’s Spokesperson Was ‘Encouraging’ Journalists to Find Dirt on Convoy Protesters, Text Messages Reveal
According to text message exchanges summitted to the Emergencies Act inquiry, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s communications director was “encouraging” journalists to investigate who the convoy protesters were before their arrival and where their crowd-sourced funds came from, apparently without knowing if there were any particular concerns to be unearthed. “I’ve been encouraging journalists to…
‘People Felt Threatened,’ Says Minister Blair When Asked About Evidence of Serious Violence During Freedom Convoy
Canadians felt “threatened” and “intimidated” by the protests of last winter and that raised a threat of violence that had to be addressed by invoking the Emergencies Act, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 21. “Just to be very clear, I believe there was more than ample evidence…
CSIS Director Told Trudeau Emergencies Act Was Needed Despite Seeing No National Security Threat Under Its Mandate
November 21, 2022
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The director of CSIS told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 21 that he advised the prime minister the Emergencies Act should be invoked, even though his agency had found that the protests of last winter didn’t pose any threats to national security as defined by its mandate. “We did not make a determination…
Dramatic Week Ahead as Trudeau, Ministers Testify at Emergencies Act Inquiry
OTTAWA—The final sprint is on at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 60 witnesses over five weeks on the government’s response to last winter’s “Freedom Convoy” protests. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and seven cabinet ministers will appear this week before the inquiry tasked with scrutinizing their decision to invoke…
Emergencies Act Invoked Based on Threat of Serious Violence, Say Top Public Servants
The federal government’s top public servants defended the rationale to invoke the Emergencies Act as they testified on Nov. 18, telling the Public Order Emergency Commission that a threat of serious violence was the main ground for the invocation. “What we use is really 2c,” said Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Nathalie Drouin. “The…
Trudeau’s Intelligence Advisor Differs From CSIS and RCMP on Convoy Protests as a National Security Threat
The prime minister’s advisor on intelligence matters told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Nov. 17 that she believed the protests and blockades of last winter represented a national security threat, taking a different position than the heads of CSIS and the RCMP. “The public order emergency is assigned meaning by the CSIS Act but…
National Security Officials Wanted CSIS Threshold for Emergencies Act ‘Reconsidered’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser and other senior officials felt the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s threshold to determine a national threat under the Emergencies Act “should be reconsidered,” a public inquiry has learned. Jody Thomas told lawyers for the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the federal government’s decision to…
Feds Not to Blame for Lower Credit Scores After It Ordered Accounts Frozen, Says Deputy Minister of Finance
November 17, 2022
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The deputy minister of finance told the Emergencies Act inquiry on Nov. 17 that the federal government was not responsible for lower credit scores experienced by Freedom Convoy protesters whose financial accounts were frozen without a court order during the events of last winter. “I think that’s an issue for the financial institutions and how…
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