The proclamation declaring a public order emergency, made on February 14, specified that the public order emergency constituted of:
i. the continuing blockades by both persons and motor vehicles that is occurring at various locations throughout Canada—
With emphasis, I will add:
—the continuing threats to oppose measures to remove the blockades, including by force, which blockades are being carried on in conjunction with activities that are directed toward or in support of the threat or use of...serious violence against persons or property, including critical infrastructure, for the purpose of achieving a political or ideological objective within Canada,
Through you, Mr. Chair, to the honourable minister, I want to reference section 83.01 of the Criminal Code, which defines “terrorism” as an act committed “in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause”.
Given that criminal definition, would you agree, given the language that you used in the proclamation, that this was considered a terrorist threat?