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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford did not show up for question period at the legislature Tuesday after it emerged that he's challenging a summons to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry in Ottawa.
"The premier is out today making an announcement and giving a speech," Calandra said after question period. The public probe is examining the federal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act three weeks into the so-called Freedom Convoy protests that occupied downtown Ottawa and stopped incoming traffic at the border in Windsor, Ont.
Joel Harden, a New Democrat who represents a riding the protests descended upon last winter, said the premier must testify at the inquiry.