Judicial inquiry needed into Ottawa siege and countrywide blockades

This type of inquiry should be able to get hard-to-obtain records normally denied to commissions or Parliamentarians such as audio, drone, intercept surveillance, as well as foreign-obtained records and cabinet confidences.

'Freedom Convoy' supporters gather in front of Centre Block on Jan. 29. Without calling a judicial inquiry in the next 30 days into the blockades, which is possible in a minority government situation, the public interest will not be served, and our leaders will have abandoned us instead of working for the common good and a decent vibrant future, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

February 24, 2022

Now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revoked the Emergencies Act, Canadians have to decide if a joint parliamentary committee and vaguely-defined inquiry is sufficient to examine the cross-country blockades and Ottawa siege, as well as the hurt and anxiety that occurred. What's troubling, esp...

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