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On Day 10 of the Emergencies Act hearings, yet another senior police officer has testified that the Emergencies Act was not required to clear protesters from downtown Ottawa.

Day after day, the federal government’s narrative about the Emergencies Act is crumbling, yet Trudeau and his ministers are still insistent their response was justified.

On Day 9 of the Emergencies Act hearings, evidence was presented to the commission showing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet had a plan for the federal government to meet with protesters the same day that he invoked the extraordinary powers to quash the protests. 

On Day 8 of the Emergencies Act hearings Ottawa interim police chief Steve Bell confirmed that a plan was in place and “ready to be executed” without requiring the Emergencies Act.

True North's Andrew Lawton asks why Doug Ford is so afraid of appearing before the Commission under oath when he was a supporter of the Emergencies Act.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been summoned to appear before the Public Order Emergency Commission, according to a letter from the Commission’s lawyers.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is unlikely to pull out of his party’s coalition deal with the Trudeau Liberals if the Public Order Emergency Commission rules the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quash the peaceful Freedom Convoy was not justified.

Officers “did not need the Emergencies Act”, according to a prominent Ontario Provincial Police officer, who testified Friday on day 7 of the hearings into the controversial use of the Act.

Tow trucks were already on their way to assist in the clearing of downtown Ottawa prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act, Acting Deputy Chief of Ottawa Police Service Patricia Ferguson revealed at Thursday’s Emergencies Act inquiry hearings.

After 5 days of hearing Ottawa residents and city officials testify that the Freedom Convoy caused residents to hear “phantom honking” aka imaginary sounds,...