The inquiry, a legal requirement following the invocation of the act to deal with February’s protests in Ottawa, Windsor, Ont., and Coutts, Alta., against COVID-19 restrictions, will examine the basis of the federal government’s decision and its effectiveness. (The Logic)

Talking point: The convoy protest and the Emergency Act measures to address it had massive implications for the Canadian economy, financial system and payment technologies such as crowdfunding and cryptocurrency. The government ordered banks to freeze and report the accounts of protest participants and donors. Crowdfunding platforms gained new responsibilities for reporting suspicious transactions, which became permanent in April’s federal budget. And cryptocurrency became an object of fascination and scrutiny, thanks to convoy fundraisers that made use of it in an effort to keep the money flowing. In his opening remarks, Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Paul Rouleau, the inquiry’s commissioner, said he may make recommendations to both the private and public sector, stressing that “while inquiries seek to uncover the truth, they are not trials.”