Key highlights and testimony from the public hearings of the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is studying the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in February 2022 to declare a public order emergency. Commissioner Paul Rouleau heard from police, government officials, federal ministers, and from Justin Trudeau—one of the only prime ministers to appear before a public inquiry.

The emergency declaration came in response to protests, in downtown Ottawa and at a number of Canada–U.S. border crossings, opposing the government’s COVID-19 public-health measures. The Emergencies Act requires an inquiry to be held following any declaration, with the mandate of examining both the circumstances of the declaration and the measures taken under it.

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