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OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Recent court documents revealed that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet was told the night before invoking the Emergencies Act (EA) that there was a possible “breakthrough” in negotiations that would have seen the protests end without police violence.

The heavily redacted documents have been unearthed as part of legal proceedings having to do with constitutional challenges leveled at the government by Canadian civil liberties groups.

The knowledge of a potential breakthrough is contained in the summary of a cabinet meeting that took place the night before Trudeau enacted the war-time powers.

Jody Thomas, the former deputy minister of national defence, told Trudeau and the Members of Parliament that “law enforcement gains have been important and that there was potential for a breakthrough in Ottawa, Ontario.”

This recent revelation that local law enforcement demonstrated competence in dealing with the protests raises questions as to why Trudeau and his Liberal government decided to use the heavy-handed powers.

The federal government is currently being investigated for its use of the Act as part of an obligatory investigation that is initiated each time such powers are used.

The rationale at the time of  the invocation of the Act was that law enforcement had requested the powers, and that there was as significant portion of foreign funding supporting the event.

These claims have proved false, and Trudeau’s government and his ministers have been shown to be inconsistent, if not dishonest, in their remarks about the application of the EA.

Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre led a call in the House of Commons in June for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to resign after having been caught lying about the EA a dozen times.

According to the Public Order Emergency Commission, the Liberals are set to waive cabinet confidentiality and release the full reasoning behind the invocation of the EA by February 2023.

But with rumors now circulating that Trudeau might be in for a snap-election this fall, it remains to be seen if his government will make it to 2023.

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