Juno News - October 17, 2022Why Canadians should watch the Emergencies Act hearings (Feat. Convoy lawyer Eva Chipiuk)
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In this episode, we discuss the importance of the Commission investigating the protests that took place in the dead of winter in the nation's capital, Ottawa, Canada, in response to the government's anti-police brutality campaign.
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Could you tell our viewers and listeners what the significance of this commission is and why
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you think it's important? Of course. And Rupert, it's so nice to hear what you have to say. And I
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understand you live in Ottawa and we're quite close to where the protests were taking place.
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And so it's exactly the kind of evidence that we are really hoping that the commission and the rest
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of Canada will hear is exactly what you were talking about, is that it was really a diverse
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variety of Canadians that really came together for a common cause to the nation's capital here
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in Ottawa. And I was here for three weeks. It was really amazing to see. And as you alluded to,
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that is what we are hoping to see the commission do, to hear exactly what happened, what brought
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people here. There was a reason that people felt compelled to come all the way to Ottawa in the
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dead of winter. There was a reason that there was incredible support for people coming across. We
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saw the videos as truckers and regular Canadians just got involved and started driving from their
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home counts. There was financial support, as we all know. So what compelled these people to come,
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these Canadians to come to Ottawa, stick it out in the dead of winter and support one another in a
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way I honestly have never, ever seen in my lifetime before. And we really hope that the commission will
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hear that and Canada will have an opportunity to hear that as well.