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Day 21 of Public Hearings, November 10, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act

Tia Riley

Day 21 of the Emergencies Act Public Inquiry, the Ontario Deputy Solicitor General testified that he did not have any concerns about violent crime at any time throughout the Freedom Convoy protest.

Under questioning from Commission counsel, Mario Di Tomasso was asked, “did you have public safety concerns about what was happening in Ottawa by February 6?”

“No,” Di Tomasso replied. “I was still not seeing any significant serious violent crime concerns at all.”

ADM MARLIN ARMAN DEGRAND, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Jean-Simon Scheonholz
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan van Niejenhuis
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. Alan Honner
Cross-Examination by Mr. Mike Morris
Cross-Examination by Ms. Stephanie Bowes
Re-Examination by Mr. Jean-Simon Schoenholz

Another day, another witness confirms that no provisions within the Emergencies Act were used during the Coutts protest.

Just yesterday, Chrystia Freeland assured us the legislation was essential to clear the border blockades as reported by Global News.

Someone’s lying.
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Testimony from an Alberta public safety official reveals the gov’t had begun acquiring equipment, personnel to remove the Coutts border blockade on Feb. 13. Marlin Degrand says he had no idea the gov’t would invoke the Emergencies Act.

Shining light on an alleged RCMP plan to smuggle guns to the Coutts border blockade, convoy lawyer Brendan Miller grills Marlin Degrand, an Alberta gov’t official, on what the gov’t knew about the RCMP’s plot.

The definition of an “emergency” under the Alberta Provincial Police Service Agreement is “very different” than an “emergency” as defined by the provincial or federal Emergencies Act, says Alberta public safety official Marlin Degrand.

Alberta public safety official Marlin Degrand testifies that the Coutts border blockade required the transfer of numerous officers from within and outside the province to “augment” “give them the resources they need to manage the event.”

Testimony from an Alberta public safety official reveals the gov’t had begun acquiring equipment, personnel to remove the Coutts border blockade on Feb. 13.

Marlin Degrand says he had no idea the gov’t would invoke the Emergencies Act.

DSG MARIO Di TOMMASO, Resumed
Examination in-Chief by Ms. Natalia Rodriguez
Cross-Examination by Ms. Andrea Gonsalves
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ
Cross-Examination by Ms. Rebecca Jones
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Ms. Ewa Krajewska
Cross-Examination by Mr. Sujit Choudhry
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Thomas McRae
Cross-Examination by Ms. Jennifer King
Cross-Examination by Ms. Alyssa Tomkins
Cross-Examination by Mr. Michael Morris
Cross-Examination by Ms. Stephanie Bowes
Cross-Examination by Mr. Darrell Kloeze

Mario Di Tommaso, Deputy Solicitor General, testifies the invocation of the EA was helpful, but that provincial measures were enough to bring protests in Windsor and Ottawa to an end. It appears the only ones who thought it necessary were Liberal cabinet members.

In case you missed it: Ontario’s deputy solicitor general, Mario Di Tommaso, reached out to the federal gov’t to ask if the Emergencies Act was going to be invoked. The response? “Silence,” says Di Tommaso.

“I thought that the provincial emergency declaration and the orders that flowed from them were sufficient.”

Ontario Deputy Solicitor General Mario Di Tommaso testifies that he did not think the Emergencies Act was necessary to end the protests in Ottawa and Windsor.

“I can tell you that the authorities granted by the federal Emergencies Act were helpful.” Ontario official, Mario Di Tommaso on the invocation of the Emergencies Act.

On the subject of the Emergencies Measures Act, Ontario official Mario Di Tommaso was asked if the federal government could’ve done anything differently. He replied “no,” however did mention municipally different actions could’ve been taken.

“Politicians do not have a role in asking police services to deploy resources, that is not an appropriate role,” says Mario Di Tommaso, the deputy solicitor general of Ontario.

“I thought that the provincial emergency declaration and the orders that flowed from them were sufficient.”

Ontario Deputy Solicitor General Mario Di Tommaso testifies that he did not think the Emergencies Act was necessary to end the protests in Ottawa and Windsor.

On the subject of the Emergencies Measures Act, Ontario official Mario Di Tommaso was asked if the federal government could’ve done anything differently. He replied “no,” however did mention municipally different actions could’ve been taken.

Mario Di Tommaso, deputy solicitor general of Ontario, says the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa was a safety risk, and that residents experienced “much more than an inconvenience.”

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