Doug Ford ordered to testify before Emergencies Act inquiry, after declining multiple requests to appear, say inquiry lawyers via torontostar
OTTAWA—Premier Doug Ford and his former solicitor-general Sylvia Jones will go to court to fight an order to appear at the federal inquiry looking at the unprecedented use of the federal Emergencies Act.
The request, from the commission of inquiry led by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Paul Rouleau, was “renewed a number of times: all requests were refused,” said Rouleau’s co-counsel. At Queen’s Park, the attorney general’s office said Ford and Jones are “seeking a judicial review to set aside the summons and receive a stay under the grounds the summons are inconsistent with the members’ parliamentary privilege.”“The commission’s mandate exists to examine the state of emergency declared by the federal government,” the attorney general’s office said.
“Overall, our view has always been that this was a policing matter and the police witnesses that are testifying can best provide the commission with the evidence it needs.”
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