Sen. Tannas says the majority of trucks parked on Wellington Street were from Ontario & Quebec. Says he couldn't find an Alberta truck. Says this was a national protest, with groundswell of support from across this country. Says millions of Canadians identified with this protest.
Sen. Tannas says people came to protest government intrusion in their lives. Now, they are facing even more intrusion via the Emergencies Act. Tannas says we need an unflinching inquiry into the failures that led to this occupation.
Nonetheless, Sen. Tannas says the government did its job, and made the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act responsibly, based on the information they had at the time.
But is the act still needed now? Tannas isn't so sure. We need to consider this motion, not for what it accomplished nine days ago, but whether it's needed today. He will vote no, because he says the EA is dividing Canadians every day and hour it is in force.
Sen. Tannas accepts a question now from ISG senator Mary Coyle. (Since he gets 45 minutes to speak, he has time to take questions, which most of the rest of us did not.)
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