Tue Oct 25, 2022 – 2:37 pm EDTTue Oct 25, 2022 – 2:41 pm EDT
OTTAWA (Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms) — Last Friday, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms jointly submitted, with the Democracy Fund and the Freedom Corp protestor group, a proposal to have Catherine Tait, CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), testify before the Public Order Emergency Commission.
The Order establishing the Public Order Emergency Commission, dated April 25, 2022, mandates that the Commissioner investigate “the impact, role and sources of misinformation and disinformation.”
On Wednesday, October 19, Superintendent Pat Morris, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) intelligence officer in charge of the Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau, testified, “I was concerned by comments made publicly by public figures and in the media that I believe weren’t premised in fact.”
“The media can provide editorials, and editorial boards can have stances. I believe that a lot of people were making assertions that weren’t accurate,” continued Supt. Morris. “I did not see information that substantiated what was being said publicly and via the media, and I found that the subjective assertions sensationalized – yes – and exacerbated conflict.”
“Given that claims made in news reports
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