The push to get Ontario Premier Doug Ford to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry was always political. On Monday it failed.
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This outcome was fairly evident to those looking at the rule of law rather than arguing Ford should testify from a political or emotional point of view. Parliamentary privilege is not just an abstract theory, it is an important part of how our government works and allowing a federal public inquiry to demand that Ford, or any other politician testify, would overturn centuries of protection around the separation of powers.
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