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‘Looking for a way out’: City of Ottawa declared emergency to push province, feds to act in convoy protest, inquiry hears

OTTAWA – The City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency during the trucker convoy to spur the provincial and federal governments into action, according to evidence presented at the Emergencies Act commission.

The commission’s mandate is to consider why the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act, which gave it sweeping powers to freeze financial assets, block protests and led to a massive police operation in downtown Ottawa.

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