Like many Liberal officials who have taken the stand to testify at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, also took the stand on the second to last day of hearings at the Public Order Emergency Commission.
She testified about her role in sculpting emergency economic measures that came into effect when the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act.
Freeland told the commission about the conversations she was having with top American officials about the serious strain the "Freedom Convoy" border blockades were having on the automotive sector. She also mentioned a pivotal call she had with banks while outlining why she felt the Freedom Convoy was "an attack on democracy, and had apparently gone ahead to connive with the Trudeau Liberal government to freeze Canadian peaceful protesters banks upon the push for the invocation of the Emergency Act.
But what's rather more ridiculous about Freeland's testimony which gave insight into how devious the Liberal can be, will be revealed later in today's video.
Apparently, the main message that Freeland kept trying to get across in her testimony was how gravely concerned senior United States officials were, about the impact that the "Freedom Convoy" protests and border blockades were having on trade between the United States and Canada as well as key supply chains between the two countries. Freeland said that the federal government believed the closure of the border would have long-term impacts on Canadian industries, especially with the shutdown of the northeastern car manufacturing plants.
During the hearing, Freeland was questioned about an email she sent on February ten to senior government officials in response to a phone discussion that she had with Brian Deese, who serves as the Director of the National Economic Council for the White House.
According to the email sent out by Freeland, the senior economic policy advisor to President Joe Biden phoned her and was "very, very, very worried" about the shutdown of the Ambassador Bridge border crossing. Freeland wrote that the Biden administration noted if the protest was not sorted out in twelve hours, all of their north eastern car plants would shut down.
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