Transport Canada estimates as much as $3.9 billion in trade activity was halted because of border blockades across the country related to protests against COVID-19 restrictions last winter, a public inquiry heard Wednesday.
The Public Order Emergency Commission, which is probing the Liberal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, reviewed emails between staff for various federal ministers who were hearing from businesses frustrated with border blockades between Feb. 8 and 9.
The emails show that in the lead-up to the decision, motor companies expressed concerns to Transport Minister Omar Alghabra's office about having to shut down their manufacturing plants because of the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor. The six-day blockade of the bridge halted an estimated $2.3 billion in trade, the analysis by Transport Canada shows.
Brendan Miller, a lawyer who represents the organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa, presented another, far rosier analysis released by Statistics Canada in April.
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