(Ottawa) The State of Emergency Commission, chaired by Justice Paul Rouleau, will release its report on Friday on the use of Emergency Measures Act to end the “freedom convoy” in Ottawa and blockades elsewhere in the country. In all, 76 people testified during this public inquiry, the hearings of which were held last fall.
Judge Rouleau must determine whether the government’s declaration of emergency was justified. The use of Emergency Measures Act had the effect of an electric shock. He had led to the largest police operation in the history of the country in which more than 2,000 police officers had participated.
The Commission was originally due to deliver its report to the Cabinet on February 6, but was granted an extension until February 20. This public inquiry is one of the safeguards included in the law to hold the government accountable each time it declares a state of emergency, allowing it to suspend fundamental freedoms and grant itself powers. extraordinary.
Further details will follow.