Doug Ford may be on solid legal footing as he seeks to invoke parliamentary privilege and avoid testifying at the Emergencies Act commission — but some experts question whether the Ontario premier is abusing the tactic.
“He’s using it in such a powerful way that it’s basically using parliamentary privilege almost as a sword,” said Mary Liston, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia’s Peter A. Allard School of Law.
“Like you’re protecting yourself — but you’re being aggressive about it.”
Ford and his former solicitor general Sylvia Jones were on Monday summoned to testify before the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the governmental response to
