Cabinet ministers did not exhaust every option they had to resolve the protests blockading Ottawa streets and border crossings.
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Stiffer penalties were also considered, such as banning trucks and trucking companies taking part in the “Freedom Convoy” from being awarded government contracts. Federal officials were thinking about the legislation for years at that point, because there was discussion about the possibility of invoking it due to the COVID-19 pandemic, deputy clerk Nathalie Drouin told the commission Friday.
Charette said not every existing option was exhausted before cabinet decided to move ahead with the Emergencies Act. The inquiry has heard that CSIS director David Vigneault advised cabinet there was no such threat to the security of Canada under that definition, but Charette said Friday that wasn’t his call to make: the decision was up to cabinet.
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