Public Safety Minister Says Police Request for Tools Led to Invoking Emergencies Act

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% :"Before we invoked the Emergencies Act, we consulted extensively and meaningfully with law enforcement precisely on the powers that were needed to restore public safety, which then found themselves in the Emergencies Act," Mendicino told reporters on June 8.
51% :"I am happy to give an answer by refreshing his memory and the memory of all members in this chamber that, last winter, we experienced an unprecedented public order emergency in the opinion of law enforcement, which is why, prior to invoking the Emergencies Act, we sought their advice on the powers that were needed to restore public safety," Mendicino replied.
50% : "I believe that the intention that [Mendicino] was trying to express was that law enforcement asked for the tools that were contained in the Emergencies Act," he said before the special joint committee of senators and MPs responsible for looking into the public order emergency.
50% : Mendicino repeatedly said in the past that the public order emergency was declared based on advice from law enforcement.
48% : A day after his deputy said he was "misunderstood" when saying the government invoked the Emergencies Act based on the advice from law enforcement, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said police requested certain tools that only the act could provide.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.