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- ↑ "Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate". Toronto Star , 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "COMMITTEES DEDC Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ↑ Wherry, Aaron (6 March 2022). "The committee reviewing Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act faces a daunting task". CBC.
- ↑ Boutilier, Alex (24 March 2022). "Committee examining Liberals' emergency powers debates scope of inquiry". Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
- ↑ Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 141, No. 17 Archived 22 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
