¶ Public Order Emergency Commission
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The Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) was a Canadian public inquiry that investigated the February 14, 2022 invoking of the Emergencies Act by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in response to the Freedom Convoy and associated protests across Canada. A final report was published in five volumes on February 17, 2023.[1]
¶ Witnesses
Witnesses who provided testimony during the POEC's inquiry include:[2]
- Victoria De La Ronde (Day 2 - October 14, 2022)
- Zexi Li (Day 2 - October 14, 2022)
- Nathalie Carrier (Day 2 - October 14, 2022)
- Kevin McHale (Day 2 - October 14, 2022)
- Catherine McKenney (City of Ottawa) (Day 2 - October 14, 2022)
- Mathieu Fleury (City of Ottawa) (Day 2 - October 14, 2022)
- Steve Kanellakos (City of Ottawa) (Day 3 - October 17, 2022)
- Serge Arpin (City of Ottawa) (Day 3 - October 17, 2022)
- Jim Watson (City of Ottawa) (Day 4 - October 18, 2022)
- Kim Ayotte (City of Ottawa) (Day 4 - October 18, 2022)
- Diane Deans (City of Ottawa) (Day 5 - October 19, 2022)
- Pat Morris (Ontario Provincial Police - OPP) (Day 5 - October 19, 2022)
- Patricia Ferguson (Ottawa Police Service) (Day 6 - October 20, 2022)
- Craig Abrams (OPP) (Day 6 & 7 - Octobre 20 & 21, 2022)
- Carson Pardy (OPP) (Day 7 - October 21, 2022)
- Steve Bell (Ottawa Police Service) (Day 8 - October 24, 2022)
- Russell Lucas (Ottawa Police Service) (Day 9 - October 25, 2022)
- Marcel Beaudin (OPP) (Day 9 - October 25, 2022)
- Robert Bernier (Ottawa Police Service) (Day 9 & 10 - October 25 & 26, 2022)
- Robert Drummond (Ottawa Police Service) (Day 10 - October 26, 2022)
- Thomas Carrique (OPP) (Day 11 - October 27, 2022)
- Peter Sloly (Day 12 & 13 - October 28 & 31, 2022)
- Chris Barber (Day 14 - November 1, 2022)
- Steeve Charland (Day 14 - November 1, 2022)
- Brigitte Belton (Day 14 - November 1, 2022)
- Keith Wilson (Day 15 - November 2, 2022)
- Tom Marazzo (Day 15 - November 2, 2022)
- Patrick King (Day 15 - November 2, 2022)
- Benjamin Dichter (Day 16 - November 3, 2022)
- James Bauder (Day 16 - November 3, 2022)
- Tamara Lich (Day 16 & 17 - November 3 & 4, 2022)
- Chris Deering and Maggie Hope Braun (Day 17 - November 4, 2022)
- Jeremy MacKenzie (Day 17 - November 4, 2022)
- Daniel Bulford (Day 17 - November 4, 2022)
- Drew Dilkens (City of Windsor) (Day 18 - November 7, 2022)
- Jason Crowley (Windsor Police Service) (Day 18 - November 7, 2022)
- Dana Earley (Ontario Provincial Police) (Day 19 - November 8, 2022)
- Paul Leschied (Day 19 - November 8, 2022)
- Marco Van Huigenbos (Day 19 - November 8, 2022)
- Jim Willett (Village of Coutts) (Day 20 - November 9, 2022)
- Mario Di Tommaso (Ontario) (Day 20 & 21 - November 9 & 10, 2022)
- Ian Freeman (Ontario) (Day 20 - November 9, 2022)
- Marlin Degrand (Alberta) (Day 21 - November 10, 2022)
- Rob Stewart (Public Safety Canada) (Day 22 - November 14, 2022)
- Dominic Rochon (Public Safety Canada) (Day 22 - November 14, 2022)
- Cindy Termorshuizen (Global Affairs Canada) (Day 22 - November 14, 2022)
- Joe Comartin (Global Affairs Canada) (Day 22 - November 14, 2022)
- Commissioner Brenda Lucki (Royal Canadian Mounted Police - RCMP) (Day 23 - November 15, 2022)
- Deputy Commissioner Michael Duheme (RCMP) (Day 23 - November 15, 2022)
- Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki (RCMP) (Day 23 - November 15, 2022)
- John Ossowski (former, Canadian Border Services Agency - CBSA) (Day 24 - November 16, 2022)
- Michael Keenan (Transport Canada) (Day 24 - November 16, 2022)
- Christian Dea (Transport Canada) (Day 24 - November 16, 2022)
- Michael Sabia (Department of Finance Canada) (Day 25 - November 17, 2022)
- Rhys Mendes (Department of Finance) (Day 25 - November 17, 2022)
- Isabelle Jacques (Department of Finance) (Day 25 - November 17, 2022)
- Jody Thomas (Privy Council Office) (Day 25 - November 17, 2022)
- Jacquie Bogden (Privy Council Office) (Day 26 - November 18, 2022)
- Jeff Hutchinson (Privy Council Office) (Day 26 - November 18, 2022)
- Janice Charette (Privy Council Office) (Day 26 - November 18, 2022)
- Nathalie Drouin (Privy Council Office) (Day 26 - November 18, 2022)
- David Vigneault (Canadian Security Intelligence Service - CSIS) (Day 27 - November 21, 2022)
- Michelle Tessier (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) (Day 27 - November 21, 2022)
- Marie-Hélène Chayer (Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre - ITAC) (Day 27 - November 21, 2022)
- Minister Bill Blair (Emergency Preparedness and President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada) (Day 27 - November 21, 2022)
- Minister Marco Mendicino (Public Safety) (Day 28 - November 22, 2022)
- Minister Dominic LeBlanc (Intergovernmental Affairs) (Day 28 - November 22, 2022)
- Minister David Lametti (Justice) (Day 29 - November 23, 2022)
- Minister Anita Anand (National Defence) (Day 29 - November 23, 2022)
- Minister Omar Alghabra (Transport Canada) (Day 29 - November 23, 2022)
- Minister Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Finance) (Day 30 - November 24, 2022)[3]
- Katie Telford (Prime Minister's Office Staff) (Day 30 - November 24, 2022)
- Brian Clow (Prime Minister's Office Staff) (Day 30 - November 24, 2022)
- John Brodhead (Prime Minister's Office Staff) (Day 30 - November 24, 2022)
- Kenneth Weatherill (Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General) (Day 30 - November 24, 2022)
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Day 31 - November 25, 2022)
¶ Publications
Report of the Public Inquiry into the 2022 Public Order Emergency
Published February 17, 2023.[1:1]
- Volume 1: Overview
- Volume 2: Analysis (Part 1)
- Volume 3: Analysis (Part 2) and Recommendations
- Volume 4: Process and Appendices
- Volume 5: Policy Papers
¶ External links
¶ Further reading
- October 12, 2023: "The Rouleau Commission’s recommendations: Laundering the government’s agenda for censorship and expanded emergency powers" by Ryan Alford, published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Final Report. Public Order Emergency Commission. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231014055235/https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/final-report/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Public Hearings. Public Order Emergency Commission. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231014055021/https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/public-hearings/#witnesses ↩︎
Public Hearing - Volume 30. (2022, November 24). Public Order Emergency Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20240123071923/https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/files/documents/Transcripts/POEC-Public-Hearings-Volume-30-November-24-2022.pdf ↩︎