Liberals’ decision to invoke Emergencies Act justified, commission says

The federal government met the very high threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa last year, the public inquiry struck into probing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision has found.

Commissioner Justice Paul Rouleau said in his report that had various police forces and governments been prepared for and anticipated an event like it, the emergency that Canada ultimately faced could likely have been avoided.

Rouleau said he did not accept the testimony of protest organizers who described the demonstrations as lawful and peaceful.