Ottawa: The history-making inquiry related to the federal government’s decision of using emergency powers to quell the convoy protest in February 2022, will begin on October 13.
The Public Order Emergency Commission will begin the six weeks of factual hearings on Thursday followed by presentations and overview reports by Commission Counse.
The Commission is calling over 60 witnesses including, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, federal government ministers and officials, protest participants and representatives of law enforcement to record their statements in this regard.
“The Commission is about to embark on the public phase of the process of finding answers to the questions assigned to it by Parliament under the Emergencies Act. This critical phase will shed light on the events that led to the declaration of the public order emergency and fully explore the reasons advanced for the declaration,” said Commissioner Paul Rouleau.
List of anticipated witnesses:
1. Victoria De La Ronde
2. Zexi Li
3. Nathalie Carrier
4. Kevin McHale
5. Catherine McKenney (City of Ottawa)
6. Mathieu Fleury (City of Ottawa)
7. Steve Kanellakos (City of Ottawa)
8. Serge Arpin (City of Ottawa)
9. Jim Watson (City of Ottawa)
10. Diane Deans (City of Ottawa)
11. Patricia Ferguson (Ottawa Police Service)
12. Craig Abrams (Ontario Provincial Police – OPP)
13. Carson Pardy (OPP)
14. Pat Morris (OPP)
15. Steve Bell (Ottawa Police Service)
16. Russell Lucas (Ottawa Police Service)
17. Marcel Beaudin (OPP)
18. Robert Drummond (Ottawa Police Service)
19. Robert Bernier (Ottawa Police Service)
20. Thomas Carrique (OPP)
21. Peter Sloly
22. Brigitte Belton
23. James Bauder
24. Steeve Charland
25. Patrick King
26. Benjamin Dichter
27. Tom Marazzo
28. Chris Barber
29. Tamara Lich
30. Drew Dilkens (City of Windsor)
31. Dana Earley (Ontario Provincial Police)
32. Jason Crowley (Windsor Police Service)
33. Jim Willett (Village of Coutts)
34. Marco Van Huigenbos
35. Marlin Degrand (Alberta)
36. Mario Di Tommaso (Ontario)
37. Ian Freeman (Ontario)
38. Rob Stewart (Public Safety Canada)
39. Dominic Rochon (Public Safety Canada)
40. David Vigneault (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)
41. Michelle Tessier (Canadian Security Intelligence Service)
42. Marie-Hèlene Chayer (Integrated Threat Assessment Centre)
43. Deputy Commissioner Michael Duheme (RCMP)
44. Commissioner Brenda Lucki (RCMP)
45. Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki (RCMP)
46. John Ossowski (former, Canadian Border Services Agency)
47. Michael Keenan (Transport Canada)
48. Christian Dea (Transport Canada)
49. Michael Sabia (Department of Finance)
50. Rhys Mendes (Department of Finance)
51. Isabelle Jacques (Department of Finance)
52. Cindy Termorhuizen (Global Affairs Canada)
53. Joe Comartin (Global Affairs Canada)
54. Jody Thomas (Privy Council Office)
55. Jacquie Bogden (Privy Council Office)
56. Janice Charette (Privy Council Office)
57. Nathalie Drouin (Privy Council Office)
58. Minister Anita Anand (National Defence)
59. Minister Marco Mendicino (Public Safety)
60. Minister Bill Blair (Emergency Preparedness and President of the King’s Privy Council)
61. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
62. Minister Omar Alghabra (Transport Canada)
63. Minister David Lametti (Justice)
64. Minister Dominic LeBlanc (Intergovernmental Affairs)
65. Minister Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Finance