NEW: Former Tory interim leader Candice Bergen agreed with Trudeau that the political temperature needed to be turned down during the “Freedom Convoy,” the inquiry heard. Soon after, Pierre Poilievre launched his leadership bid and turned up the heat.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022.
After hours of testimony, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a public inquiry that his motivation to invoke the Emergencies Act was not political.“My secondary motivation was making sure Canadians continue to have confidence in their institutions and in our society’s ability to function and enforce the rule of law when it’s not being respected. Politics was not a motivation at all in the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
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