‘Doesn’t Really Add Up’: MPs Grill Public Safety Minister on Use of Emergencies Act

‘Doesn’t Really Add Up’: MPs Grill Public Safety Minister on Use of Emergencies Act
Armed police officers deploy to remove demonstrators protesting against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 18, 2022. Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images
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MPs grilled Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Feb. 25 at a House committee hearing to examine the public order emergency declared by the government, with some focusing on whether the threshold had been met to call a national emergency, and others looking to find out why the Ottawa occupation lasted so long.

Addressing whether the threshold was met to invoke the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, Conservative MP and public safety critic Raquel Dancho asked Mendicino if “our safety was in jeopardy with the protests in Ottawa?”

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