Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to respond to the Emergencies Act commission's recommendations in six months. That deadline is Friday, so here's a refresher on commissioner Rouleau’s calls for change.
When the Public Order Emergency Commission released its five-volume report concluding that ultimately the federal government met the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to present a plan to respond to the report's findings within six months.
Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc's office confirmed to CTV News that it is aware of the self-imposed looming deadline and will have "more to say in the coming days." The federal government should take the lead on examining "the scope and limitations on police powers in relation to protest activities," with the goal of clarifying the powers, perhaps through legislation or new protocols.
The commissioner said he'd like to see an in-depth review of the part of the Act that focuses on public order emergencies, with a view to ensuring that the definition is modernized in order to capture the situations that could legitimately pose a serious risk to the public order now and in the future.
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