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Feb 2 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Well done #Canada. It’s my understanding Trudeau will not get the @POECommission report in advance.

My Q to you now is: should the legal opinion Cabinet used to justify invoking the EA be made public to #Canadians?

This is what they provided the POEC:
publicorderemergencycommission.ca/files/exhibits… ImageImageImageImage
@DavidLametti’s “role of Chief Law Officer of the Crown, the Attorney General is not accountable to a particular government. They are required to act according to the law and the broader public interest, not according to personal or partisan interests."

publicorderemergencycommission.ca/files/document… Image
At the same time Minister Lametti did not check with his “clients” about waiving solicitor client privilege of the legal opinion used by Cabinet to justify invoking the EA.

publicorderemergencycommission.ca/files/document… Image
Providing #Canada and the #poec with the unreacted legal opinion would show real transparency and accountability.

Do you think #Canadians are entitled to see the legal opinion Cabinet used to justify invoking the EA?
FYI @LarryBrockMP @LeslynLewis

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Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM Profile picture
Feb 6
Thank you @ryan_p_alford for reminding #Canada that the POEC “is free to draw negative inferences from the Government’s attempts to frustrate the public inquiry.”

This is an important point for the public to understand.

ourcommons.ca/Content/Commit…
In other words, if the gov’t is frustrating the process (as identified before, excessive redactions, late disclosure, claiming solicitor-client privilege on one legal opinion used to justify invoking the EA) the POEC can draw a negative inference from them not providing the info.
At the POEC Lametti suggested “that due to the Government’s decision to create a situation where the Commissioner “might get into trouble” owing to solicitor-client privilege, it argues we must “just assume they acted in good faith.””

No. That is not how it works.
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Jan 24
IMPORTANT THREAD #CANADA! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Many have said they lost confidence in the Public Order Emergency Commission (#poec) because of how the feds behaved and how the #poec managed the inquiry.
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In addition to the heavily redacted and late disclosure of documents from the feds there were two other serious issues we identified👇👇:
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(1) The feds refuse to release the legal opinion they claim justified the use of the Emergencies Act (EA); and

(2) The #poec is giving Trudeau and his Cabinet a secret report on Feb 6 and Parliament & the public get the report on Feb 20.

Does this sounds transparent to you?
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Nov 15, 2022
Commission Counsel broke it down for Lucki like this: was it “do you have everything you need” or “have you tried everything you can.”

THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE BRENDA!!!
Also excuses, excuse, excuses Brenda! That is all I am hearing: “We didn’t know if it was provincial or federal people they wanted to talk to” and “There were so many leaders.”

Ummm again.
Step 1 - Talk to protestors.

Lucki all you had to do was ask. What were you afraid of?
She is being asked about notes from a meeting right before enacting the EA. Brenda can’t remember what in Dorothy’s Oz the discussion was at that time.

This is the Commissioner of the RCMP. This is not good for our country. This is not good at all.
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Nov 15, 2022
RCMP panel is up featuring Brenda Lucki and Mike Duheme. I am not impressed when the RCMP Commissioner is scared of a cold. What does this say about our national security? Sorry, not sorry. #poec
A majority what people say, is non-verbal. Much of which encompasses facial expressions, reactions to questions and tone.
I also don’t take health advice from people who don’t take care of their own health. That would be absurd.
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Nov 14, 2022
Cindy Termorhuizen and Joe Comartin with Global Affairs Canada are up now. So far Commission lawyers is asking about tweets from @RepSlotkin re auto industry and supply chains. #poec
Ok so that was embarrassing, under cross by Brendan Miller Ms Termorhuizen stated there was illegal activity in downtown Ottawa. He asked what was the illegal activity in downtown Ottawa. She said, that would be a better question for someone else. Seriously?!
Great cross Hatim Kheir do you think seizing peoples bank accounts would deter investors for investing in Canada? Ummmmmm yeah.
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Nov 14, 2022
The Public Safety panel is up, Rob Steward & Dominic Rochon. The evidence is already quite interesting. Public Safety ensures coordination across all federal departments and agencies responsible for national security but they don’t collect intelligence, they consume it. #poec
“Our mandate is to keep Canadians safe from a range of risks such as natural disasters, crime and terrorism.

Our mission is to build a safe and resilient Canada.”

publicsafety.gc.ca/index-en.aspx
On Jan 27 Public Safety said no need for Ottawa residents to stay at home, there will be minimal disruption to government activities, protest organizers have expressed the intent for a peaceful protest and counter protests are harder to predict. Interesting… Image
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