Committee Reviewing Use of Emergencies Act Concerned About Translation Delays

Police confront participants of the Freedom Convoy protest after the Emergencies Act was invoked, on Feb. 19, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Members of the parliamentary committee studying the February 2022 use of the Emergencies Act are voicing concerns about how long their review is taking.

The Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency met for over an hour on April 30, but much of the discussion from MPs and senators on the committee was on how to advance their work in a reasonable time.