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Day 19 of Public Hearings, November 8, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act

Tia Riley

Day 19 of the Emergencies Act Inquiry, lawyers presented a transcript of a call between Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford that took place five days before the Emergencies Act was invoked in which the prime minister told the Ontario premier that no extra legal tools should be required to clear protesters from Ottawa and the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor.

The transcript quotes Trudeau telling Ford, “You shouldn’t need more tools, legal tools, they are barricading the economy and doing millions of damage a day” calling the protests in Ottawa “not a legal protest” because the trucks were “occupying a municipal street” and “parked illegally.” Prime Minister Trudeau called all the protestors dumb.

SUPT. DANA EARLEY, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Frank Au
Examination in-Chief by Ms. Sajeda Hedaraly
Cross-Examination by Ms. Andrea Gonsalves
Cross-Examination by Mr. Alan Honner
Cross-Examination by Ms. Jennifer King
Cross-Examination by Mr. Tom Curry
Cross-Examination by Mr. Thomas McRae
Cross-Examination by Ms. Jessica Barrow

Alan Honner from @TDF_Can tells OPP Supt. Dana Earley that her and her team “managed to resolve one of the most urgent priorities in the country without the benefit of the Emergencies Act.”
“Correct,” Earley responds.

OPP Supt. Dana Earley confirms the multiple threats in Windsor during the Freedom Convoy protest, including smoke bombs, bomb threats, doxxing the mayor and more. Earley agrees the situation was “volatile.”

OPP Supt. Dana Earley gave her remarks on further protests at the Ambassador Bridge, stating that social media was used to communicate to others that it was “unlawful to be there.”

OPP Supt. Dana Earley tells TDF litigation director that she and her team managed to resolve one of the most urgent priorities in the country without the benefit of the Emergencies Act.

OPP Supt. Dana Earley gave her remarks on further protests at the Ambassador Bridge, stating that social media was used to communicate to others that it was “unlawful to be there.”

MR. PAUL LESCHIED, Sworn
Statement by Ms. Lani Rouillard
Examination in-Chief by Ms. Allison McMahon
Cross-Examination by Ms. Cynthia Lau
Cross-Examination by Mr. Thomas McRae
Cross-Examination by Ms. Lani Rouillard

Paul Leschied, a protester at the Ambassador Bridge blockade, describes to the commission how it was “generally a peaceful gathering of people that were there for various reasons.”

During the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, protester Paul Leschied was on the ground and tells the commission that the mainstream media exaggerated the number of trucks involved in the protest.

The commission asks Paul Leschied, a protester at the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, about whether demonstrators planned to use kids as “human shields.”

Leschied also addresses rumours of another protest forming.

The commission asks Paul Leschied, a protester at the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, about whether demonstrators planned to use kids as “human shields.”

Leschied also addresses rumours of another protest forming.

During the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, protester Paul Leschied was on the ground and tells the commission that the mainstream media exaggerated the number of trucks involved in the protest.

Paul Leschied, a protester at the Ambassador Bridge blockade, describes to the commission how it was “generally a peaceful gathering of people that were there for various reasons.”

During the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, protester Paul Leschied was on the ground and tells the commission that the mainstream media exaggerated the number of trucks involved in the protest.

MARCO Van HUIGENBOS
Statement by Mr. Martin Rejman
Examination in-Chief by Ms. Alexandra Heine
Cross-Examination by Ms. Stephanie Bowes
Cross-Examination by Ms. Ryann Atkins
Cross-Examination by Mr. Martin Rejman
Re-Examination by Ms. Alexandra Heine

During his testimony, Marco Van Huigenbos, a demonstrator at the Coutts, Alta. border blockade, gave remarks on how the federal gov’t refused to engage in conversation, stating that in his opinion, the gov’t should have negotiated.

Marco Van Huigenbos, a demonstrator at the Coutts border: “It was never my intention to block the border, it was always our intention to create an inconvenience at the border.”

Coutts Convite, Marco Van HUIGENBOS says, ‘the part that made it very unappealing was the fact they had government wi-fi there.’

Marco Van Huigenbos, a demonstrator at the Coutts blockade, states that “we were willing to have those discussions and to work on a realistic plan” in response to how the government was dealing with Coutts.

Marco Van Huigenbos, a Coutts convoy demonstrator, gave insight to the commission on the actual number of RCMP checkpoints:
“This is some, there was more. Every dirt road leading to highway four would’ve had a checkpoint.”

During his testimony, Marco Van Huigenbos, a demonstrator at the Coutts, Alta. border blockade, gave remarks on how the federal gov’t refused to engage in conversation, stating that in his opinion, the gov’t should have negotiated.

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