Mon Oct 17, 2022 – 4:41 pm EDTMon Oct 17, 2022 – 4:44 pm EDT
OTTAWA (Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms) — The Justice Centre is participating in the second week of the Public Order Emergency Commission’s hearings. The Commission, led by Justice Rouleau, continues its investigation into the Government of Canada’s invocation of the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, and the unprecedented use of emergency powers to suppress a political demonstration.
In his opening remarks, Justice Rouleau set out the roadmap for the Commission’s work and attempted to manage public expectations.
“It’s also important to understand what commissions of inquiry do and do not do. They do not make findings of legal liability. They do not determine whether individuals have committed crimes. While inquiries seek to uncover the truth, they are not trials. Questions of civil and criminal liability are decided by courts, and not commissions,” Rouleau stated.
During the first two days of the inquiry, which occurred Thursday and Friday of last week, participants staked out their positions, evidence was introduced, and witnesses were examined.
On the first day, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stated that they had sufficient powers to deal with
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