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In its official report, the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) has ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act to quash Freedom Convoy protesters last year was justified. 

The first-year anniversary of the innovation of the Emergencies Act has come and gone with a whimper not a bang.

Next week, the Public Order Emergency Commission will release its report examining the circumstances that led to the declaration of the Emergencies Act. Tune into The Andrew Lawton Show!

With the one year anniversary of the Freedom Convoy quickly approaching, True North journalists look back on their reporting from the period.

In his first appearance on True North since becoming leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre sat down with Andrew Lawton for a wide-ranging interview about his agenda and priorities.

Canadians have been able to hear from themselves that there simply was no national emergency of any kind, let alone one that needed such an extreme measure to address, True North's Lawton Lawton argues.

While there is no precedent for the Emergencies Act’s use, the law spells out the threshold needed for its use to be justified. Understanding this requires looking at the Emergencies Act as well as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act.

For six weeks, Canadians tuned into the Public Order Emergency Hearings (POEC) to hear the testimonies of key figures from the government, the convoy and police to decide whether the invocation of the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 was justified.

On the final day of the Emergencies Act hearings, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a much-anticipated testimony where he defended invoking the Act and denied ever having called unvaccinated Canadians names.

Today, Prime Minister Trudeau will appear before the inquiry.