Liberal Government Agrees to Release Cabinet Documents Related to Emergencies Act

Liberal Government Agrees to Release Cabinet Documents Related to Emergencies Act
Protesters stand on the back of a truck during the Freedom Convoy demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The Liberal government has agreed to release the cabinet documents it used to justify invoking the Emergencies Act after a request made by the Public Order Emergency Commissioner.

The head of the Public Order Emergency Commission, Paul Rouleau, had requested that the Liberal government waive cabinet confidence—the privilege to protect the disclosure of discussions between federal cabinet ministers—to provide the commission with the relevant documents they used in the decision to invoke the act.