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Trudeau appeared before the Public Order Emergency Commission on Friday to testify as part of a legal challenge against his Emergencies Act decision, CBC News reported.
With the live testimony portion of the Public Order Emergency Commission coming to a close on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s much anticipated appearance was full of telling moments and ...
Trudeau testified Friday he had to pause a moment when his top public service adviser, Clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette, sent him a memo advising him to invoke the act around 3:40 p.m ...
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vehemently defended his decision to invoke never-before-used emergency powers to clear the self-described “Freedom Convoy” demonstrations that ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his use of emergency powers to end the Freedom Convoy trucker protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Friday.
In addition to assessing the Trudeau government’s decision-making, the commission’s findings are also expected to provide greater clarity on the use of the Emergencies Act, which was created ...
Mr. Trudeau said that he did not make the final decision to invoke the act on Feb. 14 until he had received a formal recommendation to do so from Janice Charette, the nonpartisan head of the ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday defended his decision to invoke emergency powers to end an anti-vaccine mandate trucker protest that paralyzed Ottawa last winter. Trudeau was the ...
Trudeau went all in against the Freedom Convoy. This week, it’s on him to explain why. Canada's prime minister and key ministers are out to prove that using the Emergencies Act was justified.
The Emergencies Act, which was adopted in 1988 to address security emergencies as well as natural disasters, gave Mr. Trudeau’s government broad powers, including freezing the bank accounts of ...
In February 2022, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was invoking the 1988 Emergencies Act, a new Rubicon in Canadian history. The action marked the first time federal emergency ...
Public Order Emergency Commission hearing Nov. 21, 2022. Justice Rouleau is on the far right. On the screen is a slide that explains CSIS Director David Vigneault recommended Trudeau invoke ...