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| Formed | 25 April 2022 |
| Type | Public inquiry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Canada |
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| Website | publicorderemergencycommission |
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The Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC; French: Commission sur l'état d'urgence), also known as the Rouleau inquiry or the Inquiry into Emergencies Act was a public inquiry in Canada that investigated the invoking of the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Canada convoy protests.[1] It was the first time the Emergencies Act had been invoked and it remained in place from February 14–23, 2022, the POEC investigated the rationale for invoking the Emergencies Act and the measures taken for dealing with the emergency".[2] The inquiry was led by commissioner Justice Paul Rouleau, who was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on April 25, 2022. Justice Rouleau had a surgical intervention which delayed the inquiry from September 19, 2022, to mid-October.[3][4] The inquiry is independent of the parliamentary review committee.[5][3]
Public hearings were held at the Winifred Bambrick Room in Ottawa from October 13 until December 2, 2022. During the 31 days of hearings which spanned six weeks, 77 witnesses provided testimonies and were questioned by lawyers.[6] About 7,000 documents including "text and email messages, cabinet documents, transcripts and witness statements" were submitted.[6] Along with these documents, on November 16, the inquiry heard summaries of the 9,500 submissions made by the general public who had replied to the request for submissions from August through October 31. Videos and transcripts of all the public hearings were made available online. On November 28, the policy phase began with a series of discussions on potential recommendations.[7]
The five volumes of the Report of the Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency were released on February 17, 2023.[8] The report found that the Trudeau government met the "very high threshold" for invoking the Emergencies Act after failures by police and politicians to address the protests.[9]
A government press release said it is hoped investigations will "prevent these events from happening again".[10][11]
- ^ Aiello 2022.
- ^ POEC 2022.
- ^ a b Fraser 2022a.
- ^ Toronto Star 2022.
- ^ Fraser 2022.
- ^ a b MacCharles 2022.
- ^ POEC Witnesses 2022.
- ^ POEC final report 2023.
- ^ "The Emergencies Act's 'very high threshold' was met, commissioner rules in major report | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ Tunney 2022.
- ^ Kirkup 2022.
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