Day 31 Emergencies Act inquiry recap | Trudeau testifies, denies calling unvaccinated names

On the final day of the Emergencies Act hearings, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a much-anticipated testimony where he defended invoking the Act and denied ever having called unvaccinated Canadians names. The Prime Minister said that despite not reading the police plan signed off on by the RCMP to clear protesters using existing powers, he did not have confidence in the plan and decided to invoke the Emergencies Act anyways.

Hearings have concluded. The next phase of the Commission begins on Monday as nearly 50 experts chosen by the Commission will commence a series of round-table discussions to assist the Commissioner in making recommendations for policy change in the future which will be used in the Commissioner's final report.

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