Ooh. Counsel is putting Trudeau on the spot, asking him to make an order to unredact a heavily-redacted document — the operational plan to end the occupation. One that Trudeau earlier said was woefully insufficient, and required the Emergencies Act.
Ooh. Counsel is putting Trudeau on the spot, asking him to make an order to unredact a heavily-redacted document — the operational plan to end the occupation. One that Trudeau earlier said was woefully insufficient, and required the Emergencies Act.
The Attorney General counsel objects to that.
Rouleau says it's unfair to demand Trudeau wave his wand from the witness stand: "I would be very surprised if the federal government would order its release without consulting with other police services," Rouleau says.
It's a bit weird, because we actually do have a version of this plan, filed by the OPP. So it's not like this stuff is superduper secret, but it's also not like counsel can't find this info elsewhere.
This seems like a bit of flourish on the last day.
I'd have to go back and re-consult those plans. But I know the initial OPP plan had a lot of holes in it. The next version struck me as comically optimistic.
It would be the Privy Council Office (with input from various agencies and departments) making the redactions. But it's cabinet/Trudeau who can decide to waive those various privileges.
We're seeing some cabinet documents at this commission because Ottawa waived cabinet confidence, which is very rare.
Ooh. Counsel is putting Trudeau on the spot, asking him to make an order to unredact a heavily-redacted document — the operational plan to end the occupation. One that Trudeau earlier said was woefully insufficient, and required the Emergencies Act.
The Attorney General counsel objects to that.
Rouleau says it's unfair to demand Trudeau wave his wand from the witness stand: "I would be very surprised if the federal government would order its release without consulting with other police services," Rouleau says.
It's a bit weird, because we actually do have a version of this plan, filed by the OPP. So it's not like this stuff is superduper secret, but it's also not like counsel can't find this info elsewhere.
This seems like a bit of flourish on the last day.
Does the OPP version show the same list of TBD lines in the annexes to the initial version of the plan?
I'd have to go back and re-consult those plans. But I know the initial OPP plan had a lot of holes in it. The next version struck me as comically optimistic.
It would be the Privy Council Office (with input from various agencies and departments) making the redactions. But it's cabinet/Trudeau who can decide to waive those various privileges.
We're seeing some cabinet documents at this commission because Ottawa waived cabinet confidence, which is very rare.