A short primer on the Rouleau Commission, or the Public Order Emergency Commission

The Rouleau Commission is not a court of law, but it will be a court of public opinion, say pundits.

Justice Paul Rouleau, pictured on Oct. 13, 2022, at the Public Emergency Order Commission at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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October 17, 2022

Trudeau invoked Emergencies Act On Feb. 14, 2022, the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act to end the three-week long occupation of downtown Ottawa and protests at border crossings. The act temporarily gave police extraordinary powers and allowed banks to freeze certain ba...

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