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Public Order Emergency Commission

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]

Further reading

  1. Final Report. Public Order Emergency Commission. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231014055235/https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/final-report/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Public Hearings. Public Order Emergency Commission. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231014055021/https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/public-hearings/#witnesses ↩︎

  3. 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 ↩︎