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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 7 of his cupboard ministers in addition to the outgoing mayor of Ottawa and town’s former police chief are among the many witnesses scheduled to testify at a public inquiry into the federal authorities’s use of the Emergencies Act that begins hearings this week.
Additionally on an inventory of 65 anticipated witnesses launched Tuesday are Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, two of the principle “freedom convoy” organizers dealing with legal prices associated to the huge protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa earlier this 12 months.
Throughout a information convention in Sorel-Tracy, Que., on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Trudeau mentioned the fee would do extraordinarily essential work to put out the information of the protests throughout Canada final February. He added that it’s important for Canadians to see why the federal government made the selections it did.
“It’s really why, from the very starting, I provided to seem in entrance of the fee, as a result of it’s essential that Canadians know that using the Emergencies Act was an possibility of final resort and when it was used, it was utilized in a proportionate means, in a time-limited means, and in a measured method to put an finish to those protests, these unlawful protests and get Canadians in Ottawa and in locations affected by this, their lives again,” he mentioned.
“This was not one thing to be taken evenly and it’s essential that there be open commissions to make sure correct accountability and I’m very a lot wanting ahead to showing at that committee.”
Cupboard witnesses are Mr. Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Anita Anand, Emergency Preparedness Minister Invoice Blair, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Justice Minister David Lametti, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, who just isn’t searching for re-election this fall, and Peter Sloly, who stepped down as Ottawa police chief in the course of the protest, are additionally on the witness listing. Mr. Sloly’s substitute, Steve Bell can be scheduled to testify. Ottawa metropolis councillor Catherine McKenney, now a number one candidate within the race to exchange Mr. Watson, can be on the listing.
The total listing of witnesses is right here.
The Liberal authorities invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, granting police extraordinary short-term powers to clear folks and automobiles out of downtown Ottawa, and permitting banks to freeze the accounts of a few of these concerned.
The Emergencies Act requires a public inquiry be known as to look at the federal government’s decision-making any time it’s invoked. The fee should present a ultimate report with findings and suggestions to the federal authorities by Feb. 20.
The hearings are scheduled to run till Nov. 25, based on an announcement issued on Tuesday. “This vital section will make clear the occasions that led to the declaration of the general public order emergency and totally discover the explanations superior for the declaration,” Commissioner Paul Rouleau mentioned in an announcement.
Tuesday’s assertion mentioned the cupboard ministers are being known as to discover the explanations the federal government deemed it acceptable to invoke the Emergencies Act.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
HOCKEY CANADA CEO/BOARD OUT – Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and the board of administrators departed Tuesday amid an issue over how the group dealt with allegations of sexual assault. Story right here.
DATE SET FOR KING CHARLES CORONATION – The coronation of King Charles III will happen on Might 6, 2023, Buckingham Palace has introduced. Story right here.
PREMIER MOE TALLIES COST OF FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has launched a coverage paper claiming the federal authorities’s environmental insurance policies would value the province $111-billion over 12 years and vowing to affirm and advance Saskatchewan’s “constitutional authority and autonomy inside Canada.” Story right here from CBC.
SMITH SWORN IN AS ALBERTA PREMIER – Danielle Smith was sworn in as Alberta’s nineteenth premier Tuesday, making her the third lady to carry the job. Story right here from CBC. The brand new Premier faces massive checks as provincial chief. Story right here. In the meantime, the highest adviser to Ms. Smith says her proposed sovereignty act would respect Supreme Court docket choices – a reversal of her core coverage promise on how she would problem Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s authorities. Story right here. Ms. Smith was scheduled to carry a primary information convention on Tuesday afternoon.
CSIS INFORMANT BREACHED SERVICE RULES – An informant working for the Canadian Safety Intelligence Service, who smuggled three British schoolgirls into Syria for the Islamic State in 2015, breached the spy service’s guidelines that prohibit paid recruits from partaking in unlawful actions together with human trafficking. Story right here.
CANADA SENDING MILITARY ENGINEERS TO HELP UKRAINE – Canada is sending 40 army engineers to Poland to coach Ukrainian forces of their combat in opposition to Russia. Story right here. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia’s newest assaults on Ukraine because the nation unleashed a deadly barrage of strikes in opposition to a number of Ukrainian cities on Monday, together with downtown Kyiv the place no less than six folks have been killed. Story right here.
TECH FIRMS RECREATED ARRIVECAN APP – Two Canadian tech corporations have introduced that they every independently recreated the ArriveCan app over the Thanksgiving weekend for instance that Ottawa shouldn’t have paid anyplace close to $54-million on the cellular software program. Story right here.
ISRAEL’S EMBASSY IN OTTAWA FEARS VIOLENCE – The Embassy of Israel in Ottawa says it feels vulnerable to violence after almost three years of pushing World Affairs Canada to extend its safety. Story right here.
THIS AND THAT
TODAY IN THE COMMONS – The Home of Commons is on a break this week, with enterprise resuming on Oct. 17.
DAYS SINCE CONSERVATIVE LEADER PIERRE POILIEVRE TOOK MEDIA QUESTIONS IN OTTAWA: 28
FREELAND IN WASHINGTON – Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, in Washington, D.C., is attending the annual conferences of the Worldwide Financial Fund and the World Financial institution Group, and was scheduled to ship an tackle and take part in a Q&A session hosted by the Brookings Establishment entitled “How democracies can form a modified world financial system.”
GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN ICELAND – Governor-Normal Mary Simon is scheduled to go to Reykjavik, Iceland, from Wednesday to Saturday, attending the Arctic Circle Meeting, a global gathering of representatives of presidency, Indigenous organizations, universities and environmental associations. She will even ship a keynote tackle.
ANAND IN WARSAW – Defence Minister Anita Anand is within the Polish capital of Warsaw on Tuesday as a part of a go to to Europe that started Monday and runs by means of to Friday. She is assembly together with her Polish counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Nationwide Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak.
GUILBEAULT IN COLOMBIA AND CHILE – Surroundings Minister Steven Guilbeault was, on Tuesday, travelling from Colombia to Chile as a part of a visit, working by means of to Saturday, to rally assist for bold motion forward of the fifteenth Convention of the Events to the United Nations Conference on Organic Variety, scheduled to be held in Montreal from Dec. 7 to 19. He’s additionally internet hosting the twentieth Council session of the Canada-Chile Fee for Environmental Co-operation. Mr. Guilbeault was scheduled to be in Chile till Thursday after which in Argentina till Saturday.
JOLY IN JAPAN – International Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was in Japan on Tuesday as a part of a visit to South Korea and Japan that started on Sunday and runs by means of to Saturday. In Tokyo, Ms. Joly was scheduled to debate Canada and Japan’s widespread pursuits, thank Japan’s overseas affairs minister for his co-operation on the G7 and convey Canada’s full assist for Japan’s G7 presidency in 2023.
TITLE CHANGE – The workplace of Emergency Preparedness Minister Invoice Blair has introduced a change in his title. He was additionally President of the Queen’s Privy Council, however based on an announcement issued Tuesday, and reflecting latest occasions, is now formally President of the King’s Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness.
THE DECIBEL
The Globe’s know-how reporter Temur Durrani explains the issues inside Fb, what they are saying in regards to the state of social media extra broadly, and what social media may seem like sooner or later. The Decibel is right here.
PRIME MINISTER’S DAY
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Ottawa, participated in a G7 leaders’ assembly on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In Sorel-Tracy, Que., the Prime Minister held personal conferences, and visited the Rio Tinto Fer et Titane facility. He was additionally scheduled to make an announcement, maintain a media availability, and meet with an area seniors’ group at a group centre.
LEADERS
No schedules launched for celebration leaders.
PUBLIC OPINION
Justin Trudeau is the popular selection for prime minister in contrast with Pierre Poilievre, based on a brand new Nanos Analysis ballot, although a good portion of Canadians has nothing good to say about both chief. Story right here.
OPINION
The Globe and Mail Editorial Board on Alberta, B.C. and two totally different approaches to combat Canada’s epidemic of drug deaths: “This spike in overdoses pushed the variety of drug casualties since 2016 to 30,843. As a degree of reference, COVID-19 has up to now killed 45,486 folks in Canada. Most opioid deaths have been in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario – with the 2 westernmost provinces notably laborious hit. However there’s no less than some excellent news to report. Current provincial information recommend that, whereas the opioids epidemic isn’t over, it’s lessening.”
Ian McGugan (The Globe and Mail) on what number of homes Canada really wants: “Everybody agrees Canada has a serious housing scarcity. To make houses extra reasonably priced for younger folks, to accommodate incoming waves of immigrants and to revive sanity to markets like Toronto and Vancouver, the nation wants extra houses. However precisely what number of houses? That proves to be a trickier query than you might assume. Estimates fluctuate vastly as a result of the dimensions of the nation’s housing shortfall may be outlined in a mess of the way.”
David Parkinson (The Globe and Mail) on the ATB’s outgoing chief economist saying Danielle Smith’s proposed Alberta sovereignty act is ‘harmful’: “I feel this could be so politically complicated and disruptive. Simply ask Quebec, after 1976 [when that province first elected a separatist Parti Québécois government], how that went for them. It was 40 years of an outflow of individuals and capital and company presence and affect … and it’s by no means returned. The identical factor would occur in Alberta.” [Todd] Hirsch is much from alone in his apprehension in regards to the rise of Ms. Smith, who prepares to maneuver into the premier’s workplace after successful the management of the province’s ruling United Conservative Occasion final week. Her marketing campaign – branded with the slogan “Alberta First” – promised a extremely adversarial method to coping with Ottawa, which she paints as Alberta’s enemy and largest impediment to the province’s financial well-being.”
Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock (Contributed to The Globe and Mail) on how the Protected Third Nation Settlement is unsafe and unconstitutional: “As Canadians, we take satisfaction in our well-deserved popularity as a caring society that gives a humane and beneficiant response to these searching for asylum. But final week, the Supreme Court docket of Canada heard arguments that since 2004, Canadians have been complicit within the mistreatment of refugees arriving at our border from the USA. On the coronary heart of this situation is the 2004 Canada-U.S. Protected Third Nation Settlement (STCA), which requires that refugee claimants search safety within the first nation by which they arrive, be it Canada or the USA.”
Iris Gorfinkel (Contributed to The Globe and Mail) on how Canada isn’t taking advantage of its household docs’ time within the face of vital shortages: “As probably the most in-demand professionals in Canadian well being care, a household physician should all the time use their time optimally, which may be tough given the variety of providers they’re relied upon to manage. There are no less than two duties that my colleagues and I, as common physicians, spend far an excessive amount of time on that I imagine may simply be performed by different well being care employees: administering vaccines and screening for widespread kinds of most cancers. The time these providers require leads to longer waits for sufferers needing extra quick appointments. Make no mistake – these interventions are vital, however they don’t must be performed by a household doctor. A team-based method would unlock appointments and permit household docs to deal with medical therapy.”
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