65 witnesses to testify at inquiry into use of Emergencies Act
Ottawa: Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, city manager Steve Kanellakos and three city councillors, Mathieu Fleury, Serge Arpin and Diane Deans are among 65 those will testify before the Public Order Emergency Commission on October 13.
The Public Order Emergency Commission in a statement said that public hearings on matters related to the federal government’s decision to declare a public order emergency in February 2022 will begin on Thursday, October 13. The factual phase of the hearings of the Public Order Emergency Commission is scheduled to run until November 25. They will be held in the Bambrick Room at 395 Wellington Street, in Ottawa.
The policy phase of the Commission’s work will begin on November 28 and will continue for one week. It will consist of a series of round-table panel discussions with experts in various fields related to the Commission’s mandate. Each panel will be centered on a common theme or set of questions that have been developed in consultation with the Commission’s Research Council, with input and comment from the Parties.
List of anticipated 65 witnesses including
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Minister Omar Alghabra (Transport Canada)
Minister David Lametti (Justice)
Minister Dominic LeBlanc (Intergovernmental Affairs)
Minister Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Finance)
Christian Dea (Transport Canada)
Michael Sabia (Department of Finance)
Rhys Mendes (Department of Finance)
Isabelle Jacques (Department of Finance)
Cindy Termorhuizen (Global Affairs Canada)
Joe Comartin (Global Affairs Canada)
Rob Stewart (Public Safety Canada)
Dominic Rochon (Public Safety Canada)
David Vigneault (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)
