Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , [Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino told the committee in April that he had received “advice” from law enforcement “to invoke the Emergencies Act” during the vexing Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa in January and February. At another juncture, Mendicino also insisted that there was a “very strong (police) consensus that we needed to invoke,” and that the use of the act was “following the advice of various levels of law enforcement.” He added that the act had been invoked “on the basis of nonpartisan, professional advice from law enforcement.” Honestly, he said the same thing about eight different ways.]