Clerk of the privy council testifies that the Trudeau cabinet began seriously considering the Emergencies Act two days before they invoked it.
“My intention was to try to say to my deputy minister, colleagues, we have to leave no stone unturned. We have to make sure that we are looking at every power.”
It also considered various ways to gain the support of tow truck companies, which most inquiry witnesses have said were largely reluctant to act against the Freedom Convoy protesting in Ottawa and blocking the international border at Windsor, Ont., and Coutts, Alta. But Charette and PCO deputy clerk Nathalie Drouin told the inquiry Friday that in the government’s view, even though CSIS didn’t find a specific threat within the Freedom Convoy, it considered protests across the country as a whole constituted a threat worthy of the Emergencies Act.Article content
“The movement had moved beyond a peaceful protest and there is significant evidence of illegal activity underway,” she wrote. In recent days, several people have testified on the question of whether cabinet knew on Feb. 13 that police agencies had in fact already developed a plan to clear the protests without using the act.
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Emergencies Act Inquiry adds top PMO staff to next week's witness listTop staffers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office have been added to the witness list for the final week of hearings at the Public Order Emergency Commission. Chief of Staff Katie Telford, Deputy Chief Of Staff Brian Clow, and Director of Policy John Brodhead are now all set to testify next week, as are several ministers and the prime minister.
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Canada's top civil servant expected to testify at Emergencies Act inquiryA slate of officials from the Privy Council Office, including Canada's top civil servant, are expected to testify today at a public inquiry assessing the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act last winter.
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Emergencies Act inquiry to hear from top civil servant about convoy protests | Globalnews.caThe day is expected to begin with testimony from the deputy secretary to cabinet, Jacqueline Bogden, and Jeffery Hutchinson, a senior adviser in her office.
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