CSIS head urged Trudeau to invoke Emergencies Act during convoy, inquiry hears

David Vigneault, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, advised Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke the Emergencies Act to end February’s convoy protests in Ottawa. The revelation was made at the Emergencies Act inquiry. Mike Armstrong explains why Vigneault thought the invocation was necessary, despite the protests not meeting the legal definition of a national security threat.