David Fraser
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Coutts blockade was top of mind for Mendicino before Emergencies Act was invoked
The night before the Liberal government took the drastic step of invoking the Emergencies Act, the head of the RCMP sent a cautionary email to the federal public safety minister's office.
Provinces left ‘holding the bag’: Texts reveal Jason Kenney was upset with feds over Coutts blockade
Documents released Tuesday by the inquiry looking into the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter to deal with the "Freedom Convoy" include text messages between three federal cabinet ministers, including Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
CSIS director supported decision to invoke Emergencies Act, inquiry hears
Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault's testimony Monday is key to the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is scrutinizing the government's use of the Emergencies Act to disperse the protests.
Elizabeth May elected Green leader again, along with co-leader Jonathan Pedneault
After a disappointing federal election result, internal conflicts spilling into the open and a downward trend in fundraising, the federal Green Party named a familiar face as its leader Saturday night, although she will not be doing it alone.
National security officials wanted threshold for Emergencies Act 'reconsidered'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security adviser and other senior officials felt the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's threshold to determine a national threat under the Emergencies Act "should be reconsidered," a public inquiry has learned.
RCMP was caught off guard by blockade despite warnings: Coutts mayor
RCMP appeared caught off guard by protesters blockading a Canada-U.S. border crossing last winter despite Alberta's government being warned ahead of time, the mayor of Coutts, Alta., testified at a public inquiry on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
Convoy organizers say internal 'power struggle' made it hard to manage 'Freedom Convoy'
The "Freedom Convoy" protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for weeks last winter was a leaderless movement that saw power struggles among its key organizers, a public inquiry heard on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
Texts reveal feds' communications strategy before 'Freedom Convoy' arrival
Newly released text messages show how the federal government was planning its communications strategy before the arrival of "Freedom Convoy" protesters in Ottawa back in late January.
Ottawa police failed to follow correct process to get help during 'Freedom Convoy': Blair
During dramatic testimony on Monday, October 31, 2022, former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly called out his former boss Bill Blair, who now serves as a federal minister, over his assertions that local police didn't follow proper procedure to get help they needed during the "Freedom Convoy" protest last winter.