Absolutely.
There were mass violations of the Human Rights Code and the Canada Human Rights Act. People can go to our submissions in order to talk about the targeting, notably of many visibly queer persons. Also, those who were disabled were not accommodated when they were detained.
With respect to the criminalization of dissent, many people were targeted. For example, community organizers were targeted and intimidated by police visits, and isolated and silenced by restrictive bail conditions. Those who actually had our leaflets giving them background on their rights were singled out for arrest.
Our conclusion is that we need answers to these unanswered questions. A public inquiry with subpoena power is the best way to go forward with that. It's the citizens of Canada, the people who live in Canada, who are seeing our hard-won rights and freedoms undermined by the conduct of the police that week, who really suffer when those answers aren't addressed in a public forum.
Thank you.