BREAKDOWN: Trucker Commission Day 1 | Ft. Ezra Levant & Sheila Gunn Reid

Every weeknight Rebel News brings you an analysis of that day's proceedings of the Public Order Emergency Commission into Justin Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act. We're calling our new live analysis show, "Breakdown." 

On today's episode of Breakdown, Ezra Levant and Sheila Gunn Reid review the day's events and set the table for what to expect from the commission and from Rebel News. Era is joined by special guests including Freedom Convoy organizer, Tom Marazzo; Alan Honner, Litigation Director at the Democracy Fund; and lawyer Keith Wilson. 

Our Ottawa-based reporter William Diaz-Berthiaume is also on the scene, scrumming participants as they appear and interviewing interesting people. 

The public inquiry investigating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act begins today. As part of the government's obligations following the invocation of the Act, a commission must be convened within 60 days and its subsequent report must be tabled in Parliament within 360 days after the Act is revoked.

This inquiry, deemed the Public Order Emergency Commission, was announced by Trudeau on April 25 after the Emergencies Act was revoked on February 23. The mandate delivered from the prime minister tasks the commission with handling the examination and assessment of the basis for the Trudeau government's decision to use the Emergencies Act, the circumstances leading up to the invocation and whether this was an appropriate and effective measure chosen by the government to address the Freedom Convoy. 

A review of the legislative policy and regulatory framework will also be part of the commission's duties, which could feature potential amendments to the Emergencies Act. The full order in council relating to the Public Order Emergency Commission can be read here.