John Robson: Ignore the Distractions, Emergencies Act Inquiry Is Only About Whether Use of the Act Was Called For

Commentary
There’s such a din in Ottawa you’d think the truckers were back. And in a sense they are, because hearings are finally under way into the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, and the ratio of noise to sense threatens to be worse than in the original go-round. Which is a pity because what is really called for, here and in public discussion generally, is truth and clarity, not screeching.
It seems there has been much testimony early on from people convinced they suffered violent oppression for weeks on end. Or someone else did. A leading candidate for mayor of Ottawa just testified that she wrote to the prime minister “begging for resources” because “I didn’t personally witness any acts of violence. I was told about them.”…