(Ottawa) The commission on the state of emergency chaired by judge Paul Rouleau has asked Ottawa for a little more time to finalize its report and submit it to him, according to a government source.
The commission responsible for examining the basis of Justin Trudeau’s government’s decision to invoke, in the winter of 2022, the Emergency Measures Act originally planned to submit its report no later than February 6.
“The commission has asked for more time to complete the report, so the order in council will be changed and the report will not be given to the government (on this date),” the government source, who was not authorized to report, told The Canadian Press. speak publicly about this issue.
Despite this time granted, the legal deadline which must be respected will indeed be respected, we were assured. The Emergency Measures Act stipulates that the investigation report must be tabled in the House of Commons and the Senate no later than 360 days after the end of the use of emergency measures.
In press releases published in the past, the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau specifies that this deadline falls on February 20. When tabled in Parliament, the report should be made public.
“The report will be published within the timeframe provided by law,” the government source said.
The Trudeau government used the law of last resort to put an end to the “Freedom Convoy” and its supporters who paralyzed the city center of the federal capital for several weeks.
The emergency powers notably made it possible to freeze around 280 bank accounts, in an effort to cut off funding for the protest movement launched in opposition to health restrictions such as the obligation to vaccinate truckers.