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Ottawa still deciding which Emergencies Act inquiry recommendations to accept
A person waves a Canadian flag as police on horseback and an armoured police vehicle are positioned in front of protesters, on the 22nd day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Lawyers for the federal attorney general are set to expand today on the legal rationale for the historic use of the Emergencies Act to dispel "Freedom Convoy" protesters early last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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What the Emergencies Act inquiry report got right – and wrong
Wesley Wark
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Politics Briefing: Trudeau welcomes results of Emergencies Act inquiry, regrets calling protesters a “fringe minority”
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Five key take-aways from the Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report
Protesters and supporters gather to listen to speakers in downtown Ottawa as a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest continues to occupy Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The "Freedom Convoy" protest was chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Trudeau’s use of Emergencies Act was appropriate, inquiry finds
OTTAWA, ONTARIO - FEBRUARY 19: Police face off with demonstrators participating in a protest organized by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates on Wellington St. on February 19, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. The drivers have used vehicles to form a blockade that has blocked several streets near Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act in an attempt to try to put an end to the demonstration that has nearly paralyzed a portion of downtown Ottawa for three weeks. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)
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Evening Update: BoC’s Tiff Macklem says potential recession will be less severe than earlier downturns
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem makes his way to the Finance committee, Thursday, February 16, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report to be released Friday
Police officers patrol on foot along Albert Street as a protest against COVID-19 restrictions that has been marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns reaches its 14th day, in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The Ontario police watchdog says two Vancouver police officers did not commit a criminal offence by shooting non-lethal rounds at two protesters during the 'freedom convoy' protest in February. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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A look at RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s time in office
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki makes her way to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Mendicino eagerly testifies at Emergencies Act inquiry, despite recent fuzziness on facts
Shannon Proudfoot
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Acrimony grew between Ottawa, provinces over convoy chaos
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Tuesday, November 22, 2022 in Ottawa. Several lawyers at the inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act last winter say Ottawa has been too slow to disclose documents and are raising concerns about a lack of transparency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Evening Update: Convoy lawyer ejected from Emergencies Act inquiry; Saudi Arabia stuns Argentina at World Cup
Freedom Corp. lawyer Brendan Miller is kicked out of the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Convoy lawyer ejected from Emergencies Act inquiry over interruptions
Freedom Corp. lawyer Brendan Miller is kicked out of the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Politics Briefing: CSIS director advised PM to invoke Emergencies Act, inquiry hears
Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault is seen as he gives testimony at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Dramatic week ahead as Trudeau, ministers testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill, In Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. The final sprint is on this week at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 60 witnesses over five weeks of hearings on the government's response to last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Top public servant advised Trudeau to invoke Emergencies Act, felt legal threshold was met, though ‘vulnerable’ to challenge
Clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette, left, looks on as Deputy Clerk Nathalie Drouin responds to a question from counsel as they appear as witnesses at the Public Order Emergency Commission, in Ottawa, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Cabinet ministers given suite of options in first week of convoy protest
Jacqueline Bogden, the government's deputy secretary on emergency preparedness, testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Friday, November 18, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Federal government rejected CSIS definition of national-security threat when it invoked the Emergencies Act
OTTAWA, ON - FEBRUARY 05: Truckers refuel their trucks in the cold during the Freedom Convoy truck protest on February 5, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. Truckers continue their rally over the weekend near Parliament Hill in hopes of pressuring the government to roll back COVID-19 public health regulations and mandates. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
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Evening Update: Russia launches more missile strikes, fighting rages in east Ukraine
Rescuers work at a site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
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Politics Briefing: Deputy Finance Minister testifies about race to prevent economic damage from border blockades
Finance Canada’s Michael Sabia responds to a question as he testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Deputy Minister of Finance describes race against time to prevent economic damage from border blockades
Finance Canada’s Michael Sabia responds to a question as he testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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RCMP did not use Emergencies Act powers at key border blockades, inquiry hears
Anti-mandate demonstrators gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Police in Lethbridge say there could be traffic congestion in the southern Alberta city as a convoy of vehicles arrives to support three men charged in the Coutts blockade. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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RCMP head Brenda Lucki didn’t share her plans for other options before Emergencies Act invoked
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki makes her way to testify at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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CSIS said convoy protests posed no national security threat before Emergencies Act was invoked
Rob Stewart, Deputy Minister of Public Safety, left, and Dominic Rochon, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, National and Cyber Security Branch at Public Safety Canada, appear at the Public Order Emergency Commission, in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Bill Blair and Alberta minister sparred over request for military assistance during Coutts blockade, text messages show
Anti-mandate demonstrators gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Monday, Jan. 31, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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A tale of two convoys exposes Canada’s divisions
Stephanie Carvin
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Evening Update: U.S. midterm results continue to come in as Republican hopes for red wave fade
Ballots for the U.S. midterm elections are counted with a machine at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
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More than 100 tow truck companies refused to help RCMP clear Coutts blockade, document says
Demonstrators protesting vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions gather as part of a truck convoy blocking the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing near Coutts, Alta.,on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder after arrests at the blockade are to return to court next month after more information is made available to their lawyers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Trudeau told Ford he did not need more legal tools to clear Ontario bridge blockade, document shows
An Ontario Provincial Police tactical officer looks on from the top hatch of an armoured vehicle as demonstrators prepare to leave in advance of police enforcing an injunction against their demonstration, which has blocked traffic across the Ambassador Bridge by protesters against COVID-19 restrictions, in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Peter Sloly has been made into a convenient scapegoat for the Ottawa occupation
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Alan Broadbent
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Doug Ford wins court fight, won’t have to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
Ontario Premier Doug speaks during a press conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday Nov. 7, 2022. Ford says he is willing to repeal legislation that imposed a contract on 55,000 education workers and banned them from striking, if the workers' union agrees to end a walkout that's shut many schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Creator of far-right, anti-government group testifies that he received police information during convoy protests
Reporters work as a television shows Commission Counsel John Mather questioning Jeremy MacKenzie as he appears by videoconference at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Tamara Lich vs. Pat King: A tale of two convoy protest leaders
Shannon Proudfoot
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Tamara Lich disputes knowledge about Ottawa convoy protests during contradictory Emergencies Act inquiry testimony
Tamara Lich appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Convoy protests raised $24-million, but the vast majority was refunded or placed in escrow
Tamara Lich testifies at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
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Emergencies Act inquiry hears about divisions within convoy protest leadership
Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich heads to the hearing room at the Public Order Emergency Commission, in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang