Wed Feb 22, 2023 – 5:39 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) –– People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier told LifeSiteNews that while he is “disappointed” with Justice Paul Rouleau’s ruling last Friday exonerating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act (EA) to crush the Freedom Convoy, he is not “surprised.”
“I have to say, I am profoundly disappointed, but not surprised,” said Bernier in comments sent to LifeSiteNews via email over the weekend.
“Justice Rouleau was hand-picked by Trudeau to oversee the inquiry. We can’t forget that he has a history as a Liberal activist and worked with former Prime Minister John Turner. Is anyone really surprised that Liberals protect their own?” continued the well-known leader.
Continuing in his comments, Bernier characterized the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) as “not independent,” and that it was effectively a commission of “Liberals investigating Liberals.”
Bernier, who has been a strong opponent of COVID-related mandates and himself attended the Freedom Convoy, also said that even if Rouleau had ruled that Trudeau’s actions were unjustified, the prime minister would have remained unfazed.
“We all know that Trudeau would not have resigned even if the Commission had found he overstepped his powers. And that
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