MADRID, 17 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
A commission headed by the judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Paul Rouleau, has determined this Friday that the declaration of the state of emergency in Canada was “appropriate” given the dangerous situation posed by the protests in January and February against COVID-19. 19 of the so-called ‘Liberty Convoy’.
“From my point of view, there was credible and convincing information that supported a reasonable belief that the definition of a threat to the security of Canada was met,” Rouleau said in his writing, with more than 200 pages, the chain has collected. CBC.
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, had to activate the Emergency Law to tackle the crisis, legislation that has led him to be investigated by a special commission, since, since its creation in 1988, it had never been used by the Executive.
Rouleau has specified in his report that most of the measures implemented during the protests were “appropriate and effective”, although he has expressed serious doubts about the freezing of the protesters’ bank accounts.
“The absence of specific rules on unfreezing (of accounts) caused concern among financial institutions, which were unclear on how to determine when a person included in a report was no longer a designated person,” he explained.
Although the report has been lenient with the Canadian prime minister, it has criticized his words on January 27, when he referred to the protesters as a “marginal minority”, which, in his opinion, further inflamed the situation.
Likewise, he has also referred to police action, assuring that there was a “lack of adequate planning, intelligence failures and internal dysfunction at the same time that he has focused most of the responsibilities on the former Ottawa police chief, Peter Sloly.
Finally, Rouleau has criticized the inaction of the Government of Ontario, led by Prime Minister Doug Ford, who did not attend two “tripartite meetings” with federal and municipal representatives to resolve the crisis, according to the aforementioned chain.
“Since the city and its police service were clearly overwhelmed, it was up to the province to commit itself in a visible, public and sincere way from the beginning,” the Canadian judge has settled in his brief.
