Emergencies Act commission gets extension to submit final report to government
Public Order Emergency Commission
was initially given a deadline of Feb. 6 to submit its report to cabinet, along with a final deadline of Feb. 20 for the report to be submitted to Parliament. The latter date is the absolute deadline under the Emergencies Act legislation, which requires a commission launched in response to any invocation of the Act to submit its final report on the circumstances that led to that invocation to Parliament and to the public within 360 days of the Act being revoked.
“The commission has requested more time to complete the report, so the will be amended and the report will not be delivered to government on . The report will be released by the legislated deadline,” a government source told Global News. The source spoke on background to discuss the matter.Story continues below advertisement
A spokesperson for the commission confirmed the POEC has advised the Privy Council’s Office that “it is not able to provide its report in both official languages to the government by Feb. 6.”
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