It also found that Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones likely have relevant information to offer the inquiry.
As long as the Ontario Legislative Assembly remains in session, Doug Ford and Minister Sylvia Jones “may resist the summonses by asserting parliamentary privilege and the Commission cannot take steps to enforce their attendance and compel them to give evidence,” reads the ruling by Justice Simon Fothergill.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Two weeks ago, the commission issued a formal summons after Ford and Jones ignored “repeated” requests to sit down for a private interview and one request to testify publicly in front of the inquiry on Nov. 10. But the Ford government quickly asked the Federal Court to quash the inquiry’s summons, arguing that Commissioner Paul Rouleau did not have the power to issue them to the two members of provincial cabinet. The government also said it breached the concept parliamentary privilege.“Parliamentary privilege protects the operation of the legislature from outside interference, where such interference would impede the fulfilment of its constitutional role,” the ruling explains.
He warned that making the commission’s summons enforceable could lead to parliamentarians become “distracted” from their duties. “The people of Ottawa felt abandoned during a three-week occupation in February, where their streets became zones of lawlessness. The Premier has never properly explained to Ottawa why he could not act sooner, or what steps he was considering to help,” Bijon Roy of Champ & Associates said in a statement.Article content
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