The task of reviewing the Liberal government’s historic use of the Emergencies Act in response to anti-vaccine mandate protests in Ottawa and at border crossings got off to an inauspicious start this week.
But it’s also too early to abandon all hope that parliamentarians will be able to meet the occasion with the seriousness and transparency that the moment demands.
“I think given what’s been endured across the country over the last two months, and what’s at stake in order for us to move forward, I can’t think of a more important moment through this entire pandemic to have all parties from the House and the Senate set aside hyper-partisanship and really allow for the seriousness of our work,” said NDP Matthew Green, who will co-chair the committee.
Unfortunately none of the criminals responsible for this heinous violation of fundamental freedoms will see the inside of a jail cell. So why bother with this whitewash at all?
