Former Canadian Border Services Agency head testifying at Emergencies Act inquiry

Day 24 of the Public Order Emergency Commission will hear from the former head of the Canada Border Services Agency and senior Transport Canada officials. The public inquiry is investigating the federal government's first-ever use of the Emergencies Act in mid-February after nearly three weeks of protests against COVID-19 restrictions that had gridlocked downtown Ottawa and inspired border blockades elsewhere. The act, which came into law in 1988, allowed the government to provide police with ex