According to an email from Poilievre’s campaign team, “Today, candidate for Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre demanded that Minister of Public Safety resign for making false statements to Canadians in the House of Commons and creating a fake excuse to invoke the emergencies act.”
On April 28 in the House of Commons, Minister Mendicino said: “It was on the advice of law enforcement that we invoked the Emergencies Act.”
Then, on May 11, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said: “No, there was never a question of requesting the Emergencies Act. Further on June 2, former Ottawa Chief of Police Peter Sloly said: “I did not make that request, I’m not aware of anybody else in the Ottawa Police Service who did.”
Trudeau’s Minister Marco Mendicino said that police asked for the Emergencies Act.
Police said that was not true.
He was not 'misunderstood’. He made false statements to justify a never-before-used power grab.
And for that, he must resign.https://t.co/NOSFXVYxqi
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) June 9, 2022
Now, Deputy Minister of Public Safety Rob Stewart is saying: “My understanding is that there is a misunderstanding of the Minister’s words.”
Mendicino subsequently attempted to walk back his claims, suggesting law enforcement didn’t ask for the Emergencies Act to be invoked specifically but said they wanted the powers included in it.
“It’s crystal clear that the Minister made false statements in the House of Commons,” said Poilievre. “And it wasn’t just about something trivial. He wanted to give Trudeau cover to invoke the Emergencies Act, freeze people’s bank accounts, and trample on civil liberties.”
Again and again, this minister insisted the police asked for the Emergencies Act.
We now know that is false.
He must resign.
Now. pic.twitter.com/jb0EDcqFhP
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) June 10, 2022
“The request was for the powers, which required the invocation of the Emergencies Act,” Mendicino said.
However, Poilievre isn’t buying it.
Poilievre called on the Minister to resign. “The Minister made false statements. If he messed up, then he’s incompetent. If he lied, then he’s dishonest. Either way, he can’t keep this important job”.