During the first week of the crisis, Ottawa police arrested and charged one man with uttering threats against then-Mayor Jim Watson, according to documents entered at the Emergencies Act inquiry.

Source: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/how-the-convoy-protest-changed-ottawa-and-rerouted-its-history

However, two former CSIS directors testified that the government should redefine national security threats in the Emergencies Act, possibly expanding the ambit to include threats to the economy and those posed by climate change.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/commission-report-coming-today-will-pronounce-on-federal-use-of-emergencies-act/article_34271dda-ad6e-5058-a5c2-6f35455143f7.html

In a Feb. 14 press conference shown to the court, Lich promised the protest would stay peaceful even as the federal government was preparing to use the Emergencies Act to clear the streets.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/freedom-convoy-trial-ottawa-lich-barber-recap-update-1.6968159?cmp=rss

In October, the Public Order Emergency Commission took a hard look at the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy” protests at the beginning of 2022.

Source: https://thewalrus.ca/noise-ethics/

OTTAWA — The commission investigating the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell the trucker protests last winter in Ottawa has asked for more time to complete its report.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/commission-probing-use-of-emergencies-act-for-2022-trucker-protests-granted-extension-6465097

The final report released Friday in the wake of the Emergencies Act inquiry has sparked reaction across the country, and southern Alberta is no different.

Source: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/lethbridge-reacts-to-release-of-emergencies-act-inquiry-findings-1.6279215