The Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) will release its Report after it is tabled in Parliament, on February 17, 2023.
Members of the media are invited to attend a lock-up at 395 Wellington in Ottawa, where they will have access to an embargoed copy of the Commission’s report. The embargo will be lifted after the report is tabled in Parliament.
Read MorePerrin Beatty, the former cabinet minister who shepherded Canada’s Emergencies Act through Parliament. Photo: Canadian Chamber of Commerce by Donna Laframboise Perrin Beatty, the former cabinet minister who shepherded the Emergencies Act through Canada’s Parliament in 1988 has given an interview to La Presse, a
Read MoreThe City of Toronto distributed this news release on February 16, 2023 “Toronto City Clerk receives mayoral resignation News release: February 15, 2023–Today, Toronto City Clerk John D. Elvidge received the resignation of Mayor John Tory. The resignation specified that
Read MoreThe OPP did not ask for the Emergencies Act to be invoked and did not ask the RCMP or federal government for any particular authorities or tools. The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge was cleared prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act… [bold added, page 22]
The OPP says the federal government didn’t ask for advice:
Read MoreChecker Transportation Group president Kurt Enders with long-time Checker driver Ehsan Ahadi. Enders says drivers are happy about having choices between working downtown, working the airport, or both. Photo: Checker Cabs Calgary’s Checker Cabs can now wait at the curb
Read MoreA mere six years later, Mr. Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act – last resort legislation meant for genuine emergencies. He did so over the objections of seven of Canada’s 10 provincial premiers. He did so before even trying to negotiate with the peaceful Freedom Convoy truckers who’d reached the end of their patience over yet another COVID mandate.
Justin Trudeau didn’t bring people together. He didn’t listen. Instead, he chose February 14th – Valentine’s Day – to turn Canada into a police state. That date will live in memory long after Mr Sunny Ways has left office.
Read MoreDrivers in Nigeria won the country’s first union covering platform-based workers, a victory that shows it is possible for “unions to organize workers in the gig economy,” says Ayoade Ibrahim, secretary general of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWN).
The Ministry of Labor’s recognition of AUATWN empowers it to have a say in determining the terms and conditions of drivers working for Uber, Bolt and other app-based transportation companies in the country, and covers drivers who deliver food and passengers or engage in other services. The union worked with the Nigeria Labor Congress throughout the campaign for recognition.
Read MoreUber was effectively able to prevent Ottawa enforcement staff from identifying and charging them, Ottawa Taxi court heard yesterday.
City of Ottawa By-law enforcement staff testified on February 13th that Uber apparently had the technology required to identify the smart phone and/or credit card number of enforcement staff requesting rides through the app.
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Attendees took advantage of the Freedom Convoy to express many of their thoughts and emotions. Photo: Donna Laframboise
From the earliest moments of the Freedom Convoy, hearts were a recurring motif. Members of the public held up homemade signs festooned with hearts to communicate their approval, enthusiasm, and affection.
During that cold, grey winter in which Canadian governments were becoming ever more punitive, in which large segments of the public appeared to support the targetting of a minority of the population, a beam of sunshine pierced the gloom. Massive trucks wavying Canadian flags and signs that bore the word ‘freedom’ rolled out of the fog. Lights flashed, horns sounded, and people cheered.
There’s ample testimony, plus ample photographic and video evidence, that the protesting truckers were showered with love during their time in Ottawa. Trucker O’Jay, who happens to be a Jamaican immigrant, described his convoy experience as “filled with love, unity…it was just joy.”
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