CSIS also never found that a foreign state was helping to organize or raise money for the convoy protests
But according to Stewart, it is not CSIS but the federal cabinet that ultimately decides whether the threshold for a national security threat is met when invoking the Emergencies Act.Article content
Another passage reveals CSIS never found that a foreign state was helping to organize or raise money for convoy protests.Article content During an interview with inquiry lawyers, Vigneault nuanced that there could have been a national security threat “under a broader definition, or from the perspective of the public.”Article content
Stewart testified Monday that he too worried it could create more violence and that he saw “pros and cons” in invoking the act.Article content Emails tabled at the commission showed Stewart expressing “concerns” about the act before it was invoked. Stewart revealed that the government first looked at the Emergencies Act during the early months of the pandemic in 2020 but determined it was not necessary.
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