A public inquiry is underway into the circumstances of the government using the Emergencies Act for the first time to end the convoy protests in Ottawa and at international border crossings. ‘The West Block’ guest host David Akin sits down with one of the central figures in the inquiry, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to discuss the timing of using the act and the inquiry’s access to classified materials.
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