Government to Un-Redact Text Messages, Notes of PMO Staff at Emergencies Act Inquiry

Public Order Emergency Commission’s Commissioner Paul Rouleau delivers brief remarks at the start of the second day of hearings, in Ottawa on Oct. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Lawyers for “Freedom Convoy“ organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act.

Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the public inquiry release information in government documents that it had blacked-out, arguing the information should not be protected by parliamentary privilege.