We have heard no evidence at the inquiry so far that bolsters the government’s case that the circumstances met the constitutional bar
In the end, Bernier answered the question by opting for an evasion worthy of the House of Commons. “It’s hard for me to say since I did not get to do the operation without it,” he said.
The closest thing to support for the government’s actions came from acting Ottawa police chief Steve Bell, who said it provided “a very stable platform” for the execution of the police plan. But even he reiterated Bernier’s point — that there was a plan ready to go, regardless of the Emergencies Act.
Yet, the inquiry so far has heard only the opposite. Supt. Pat Morris of the Ontario Provincial Police operations intelligence bureau said that at no point during the protest did he receive reliable intelligence that led him to believe there was a risk that would rise to the level of a potential threat to national security.
Nervous Liberals are already pointing out “material inconsistencies,” such as the difference between Morris’s testimony and that of OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique at the House of Commons public safety committee in March, when he said his intelligence unit had identified the Freedom Convoy as a “threat to national security.”Article content
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