Canada: Emergencies Act inquiry: Ottawa business leaders comment after testifying – October 14, 2022

Nathalie Carrier (executive director of the Quartier Vanier Business Improvement Area) and Kevin McHale (executive director of the Sparks Street BIA) speak with reporters in Ottawa following their testimony on the second day of proceedings of the Public Order Emergency Commission. Led by Paul Rouleau, the commission is studying the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in February 2022 to declare a public order emergency in response to protests, at a number of Canada–U.S. border crossings and in downtown Ottawa, opposing the government’s COVID-19 public-health measures. Carrier and McHale face from reporters questions about the Ottawa police's response to the protests.