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The Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) responsible for looking into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act will deliver its final report on February 17, 2023.
In a news release, the POEC said the report will be tabled in the House of Commons around noon. Commissioner Paul Rouleau will then deliver a statement, which will be streamed on the commission’s website. The release said Rouleau will not take questions from the media or give any interviews.
The commission held hearings for six weeks last fall to look into the Trudeau government’s unprecedented use of the act. The government invoked the act for the first time in the law’s 34-year existence on Feb. 14, 2022 to clear anti-vaccine mandate protests which occupied central Ottawa and blocked border crossings in Windsor, Ont. and Coutts, Alta last year.
Background information – Emergencies Act inquiry to release final report tomorrow, CBC, February 16, 2023
