StarEditorial: Canadians have seen the curtain pulled back on secretive police and political deliberations and they have winced at the incompetence, inaction, intelligence failures and infighting on display.
We didn’t spend the last six weeks seeking answers about whether the invocation of the Emergencies Act was politically popular. Awas not probing whether it was effective in clearing Ottawa streets and preventing further border blockades.
That answer will be delivered by Justice Paul Rouleau but Friday Trudeau became the rare prime minister toat a public inquiry and he made a compelling argument for using that legislative club. He offered certitude and an assurance that he remains serene to this day about his decision. Like his ministers who testified all week, he deserves high marks for accountability.
Trudeau insisted that the Emergencies Act does not rely on a CSIS definition of a security threat and that the decision to invoke it rests with him and his cabinet, after receiving input from a variety of sources. This is not a question of semantics. It is a crucial marker for any future governments contemplating using such a legislative tool.
He said vehicles had been weaponized, children were being used as human shields, police didn’t know what was in the trucks and a cache of weapons had been stolen in Peterborough . There were concerns of violence with counter-protesters determined to take back their streets, CSIS was reporting on political extremists in the crowd and there were worries about a lone wolf actor.Even then he hesitated, knowing the historical importance of what he was about to do last Feb.
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