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Day 20 of Public Hearings, November 9, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act

Tia Riley

Day 20 of the Emergencies Act Public Inquiry, the mayor of the Coutts, Alberta Jim Willet testified that 70% of the town supported the Coutts border blockade and that emergency services were never impacted by the border protest.

MAYOR JIMMY WILLET, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Jean-Simon Schoenholz
Cross-Examination by Ms. Andrea Gonsalves
Cross-Examination by Ms. Hana Laura Yamamoto
Cross-Examination by Mr. Michael Finley
Cross-Examination by Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. Alan Honner
Re-Examination by Mr. Jean-Simon Schoenholz

Coutts Mayor, Jim Willet, described the protestors at the border blockades as domestic terrorists.

Jim Willet, the mayor of the village of Coutts, states that a sermon from Pastor Pawlowski was inciting the crowd.

Coutts Mayor Jim Willet testifies that emergency services were not impacted during the blockade at the border during the Freedom Convoy.

The Mayor of Coutts, Jim Willet, tells the Commission that the border blockades protestors were hurting the people they were trying to help.

Mayor Jim Willet’s opinion that the guns at Coutts were fake. It was a rumour he was told.

Jim Willet, mayor of Coutts AB on western alienation

DSG MARIO Di TOMMASO, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Gabriel Poliquin

Canadian Prosecutor Gabriel Poliquin, collapses during hearing.
Mario Di Tommaso Deputy Solicitor General.

ADM IAN FREEMAN, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Jean-Simon Schoenholz
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan van Niejenhuis
Cross-Examination by Ms. Jennifer King
Cross-Examination by Ms. Anne Tardif
Cross-Examination by Ms. Ewa Krajewska
Cross-Examination by Ms. Sujit Choudhry
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Michael Morris
Cross-Examination by Mr. Alan Honner
Cross-Examination by Ms. Colleen McKeown

TDF litigation director cross-examines Ian Freeman, the deputy minister of Ontario’s Ministry of Transport. Under the Emergencies Act, tow trucks would not be able to drop out. But these documents show that three towing companies were providing their services willingly.

During testimony from a Ministry of Transport official, the commission presents an email discussing how the OPP could use drivers licences to potentially identify protesters.

Ian Freeman of Ontario’s Ministry of Transport tells the commission that the OPP requested that MTO enforcement officers operate under the OPP’s command during the Freedom Convoy.

Prior to Ontario declaring a state of emergency, Ian Freeman of the Ministry of Transport says “we were never asked by police” to send warning letters to Freedom Convoy protesters.

Ian Freeman of Ontario’s Ministry of Transport tells the commission that the OPP requested that MTO enforcement officers operate under the OPP’s command during the Freedom Convoy.

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