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Perrin Beatty, architect of Emergencies Act not yet convinced feds were right to invoke it over Freedom Convoy

In addition to court challenges and a special parliamentary committee looking into the government's first-ever invocation of the Emergencies Act, an independent 'Public Order Emergency Commission' led by Ontario appeals court judge justice Paul Rouleau is now in place to examine the decision making of authorities and the events of February's convoys.

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