Tue Oct 18, 2022 – 7:11 pm EDTTue Oct 18, 2022 – 7:13 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — The legal counsel for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has said the force did not think the Emergencies Act (EA) was needed to clear out the “Freedom Convoy” protesters.
In a statement made last Thursday during the opening day of the public inquiry into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government’s use of the EA, OPP lawyer Christopher Diana noted that the force has “significant experience in responding to protests, blockades, and similar activities” that made the invocation of the EA unnecessary.
Diana added that while the EA and “in particular the provincial legislation — provided useful tools,” there “was sufficient legal authority in their absence to deal with the protest activities that took place over this period of time.”
In addition to the OPP, the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as other civil liberty groups, also testified during opening remarks at the inquiry that the unprecedented enactment of the EA was not required.
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