Mendicino Says Can’t Recall When He Saw Lucki’s Advice That Not All Tools Were Exhausted Before Declaration of Emergency

Thousands gather around Parliament Hill in support of the Freedom Convoy truck protest in Ottawa on Feb. 5, 2022. Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino told the Emergencies Act inquiry on Nov. 22 he couldn’t recall when he became aware of RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s advice that not all tools had been exhausted to clear the cross-country protests and blockades.

Lucki wrote an email to Mendicino’s chief of staff Mike Jones before the Liberal cabinet meeting on the evening of Feb. 13, in which she listed tools that could be useful to deal with the situation.