Final report from Emergencies Act inquiry being released today

Today, the Public Order Emergency Commission's final report into the "appropriateness and effectiveness" of the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act is being made public. Sparked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision last year to declare a national public order emergency granting unprecedented federal powers to bring an end to the "Freedom Convoy" anti-COVID-19 restriction and anti-government protests and blockades, the release of the report marks the end of a months-long