Tue Apr 19, 2022 – 6:34 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — A group of 15 civil liberties organizations demanded an open “public” independent inquiry be held to scrutinize Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shutting down the trucker Freedom Convoy though the use of the Emergencies Act (EA).
As reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, late last week the civil liberties organizations argued together in a joint petition that it is concerned about “the use of state and police powers to suppress constitutional rights.”
The group is also concerned that such an inquiry into the use of the EA could be “marred by partisan fights.”
Cara Zwibel, who serves as the director for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) of Toronto, said as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter that the Trudeau government “may have an incentive to keep” any inquiries “secretive and closed.”
Zwibel said that the group wants to “avoid” the inquiry into the use of the EA from happening only behind closed doors, noting that it should be “a public process” as well.
Having a federal inquiry into the matter petitioned the civil liberty groups should be a process that is “designed around the pillars of transparency, openness and meaningful
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