The finance minister and Trudeau’s chief of staff are the latest officials to speak about use the Emergencies Act to deal with last winter’s “Freedom Convoy.”
OTTAWA—Canada’s deputy prime minister and finance minister will appear at the Emergencies Act inquiry on Thursday, the latest senior official to speak about why the federal government triggered the never-before-used law to deal with last winter’sChrystia Freeland is slated to testify Thursday, along with top officials in the Prime Minister’s Office.
As finance minister, Freeland will be called to explain the special powers created under the Emergencies Act that compelled financial institutions to freeze the assets and bank accounts of protest participants.in the finance department last week, who said the government did not intend to “punish” protesters, but rather inspire them to leave the occupation in downtown Ottawa and not return to blockade border crossings.
The Emergencies Act invocation also gave police special powers to compel tow truck drivers to help clear blockades and declare no-go zones were protests were illegal. The law says a national security threat must exist to declare a federal emergency, and it defines such a threat in the same way as the law that governs Canada’s spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service .
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