Feds Needed to Use ‘Full Power’ Against the Freedom Convoy, Says Top Public Servant

Feds Needed to Use ‘Full Power’ Against the Freedom Convoy, Says Top Public Servant
Clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette (L) looks on as Deputy Clerk Nathalie Drouin responds to a question from counsel as they appear as witnesses at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Nov. 18, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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The federal government needed to use its “full power” against Freedom Convoy protesters, said the head of the federal public service while testifying before the Public Order Emergency Commission last week.

“We have to leave no stone unturned. We have to make sure we are looking at every power, duty, every authority we have, every resource we have, to make sure we are bringing the full power of the federal government and its resources,” Clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette told the POEC on Nov. 18, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.