Juno News - Why Canadians should watch the Emergencies Act hearings (Feat. Convoy lawyer Eva Chipiuk)

00:00:00.000 Could you tell our viewers and listeners what the significance of this commission is and why

00:00:04.960 you think it's important? Of course. And Rupert, it's so nice to hear what you have to say. And I

00:00:11.220 understand you live in Ottawa and we're quite close to where the protests were taking place.

00:00:18.560 And so it's exactly the kind of evidence that we are really hoping that the commission and the rest

00:00:24.820 of Canada will hear is exactly what you were talking about, is that it was really a diverse

00:00:31.320 variety of Canadians that really came together for a common cause to the nation's capital here

00:00:41.340 in Ottawa. And I was here for three weeks. It was really amazing to see. And as you alluded to,

00:00:50.280 that is what we are hoping to see the commission do, to hear exactly what happened, what brought

00:00:57.560 people here. There was a reason that people felt compelled to come all the way to Ottawa in the

00:01:04.940 dead of winter. There was a reason that there was incredible support for people coming across. We

00:01:12.680 saw the videos as truckers and regular Canadians just got involved and started driving from their

00:01:21.420 home counts. There was financial support, as we all know. So what compelled these people to come,

00:01:28.600 these Canadians to come to Ottawa, stick it out in the dead of winter and support one another in a

00:01:36.420 way I honestly have never, ever seen in my lifetime before. And we really hope that the commission will

00:01:41.820 hear that and Canada will have an opportunity to hear that as well.

Juno News - October 17, 2022