To the relief of many in Ottawa, the large crowds expected to descend on the city this weekend will be admiring tulips rather than blocking streets, honking truck horns and protesting pandemic restrictions and vaccine mandates.
But that doesn’t mean that February’s blockades and occupations of Ottawa and various border crossings with the United States have entirely faded away. An independent inquiry is being established to look into the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to clear…