Evidence is expected to touch on concerns in the federal government about the impact of the trucker convoys on cross-border traffic and supply chains
OTTAWA — The federal inquiry into the Liberal government’s use of unprecedented emergency powers will hear evidence on Wednesday from more senior federal bureaucrats who dealt with blockades at Canada’s border points of entry.
Their evidence is expected to touch on concerns in the federal government about the impact of the trucker convoys on cross-border traffic and supply chains. One document already in evidence at the inquiry shows that Ossowski mentioned the Emergencies Act early on in federal discussions about options.
However, by the time the law was invoked, a blockade at the Windsor-Detroit crossing was cleared by police using existing powers and emergency measures under Ontario’s emergency law. The controversial decision to invoke the federal law is at the heart of Justice Paul Rouleau’s public inquiry, which is exploring the circumstances of the convoy protests and the federal emergency measures enacted to deal with them. The Emergencies Act allowed the government to create special police powers to declare restricted zones where protests were outlawed, compel tow trucks to help clear blockades, and to force banks to freeze participants’ bank accounts.
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