After Rouleau’s report, Emergencies Act Committee members say pressure’s on to ‘get this right,’ or ‘we will see this again’

MPs from three parties on the Declaration of Emergency Committee agree on one thing, at least: they don't want to see a repeat of last year's events.

Justice Paul Rouleau, right, tabled his report from the Public Order Emergency Commission on Feb. 17, just over one year after the federal government enacted the Emergencies Act to resolve the weeks-long and increasingly hostile convoy protests in Ottawa and some border communities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 27, 2023

Since the release of the Public Order Emergency Commission's official report on Feb. 17, members of the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency are now turning their attention to crafting their own report, with their own recommendations, saying they're feelin...

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