[8] The report found that the Trudeau government met the "very high threshold" for invoking the Emergencies Act after failures by police and politicians to address the protests.

[6] The inquiry's role was to determine whether Prime Minister Trudeau was justified by law to invoke the Emergencies Act, which became part of his political legacy.

[6] Conservatives had raised concerns in April, months before the Inquiry began, that investigations were too focused on the actions of protesters and their fundraising, and not on justifying the use of the Emergencies Act or determining whether it was appropriate for it to have been invoked.

[10] Co-lead Commission Counsel were Shantona Chaudhury and Jeffrey Leon, and senior inquiry lawyers included Frank Au,[14] Natalia Rodriguez, Gabriel Poliquin and Dan Sheppard.

[6][21] This includes "protest participants, law enforcement representatives, federal cabinet ministers and officials with provincial and municipal governments".

[21] During the first week of public hearings, the focus was on documents and testimonies tracing the communication of CSIS, OPP, and OPS intelligence reports.

[26] On October 14, the second day of hearings, four Ottawa residents, representatives of the Business Improvement Area (BIA), and two Ottawa city councillors provided their statements on how they and their constituents and people they represent, experienced the protests, including Victoria De La Ronde, Zexi Li, Nathalie Carrier, and Kevin McHale.

[32] Paul Champ, who represented Ottawa residents and business owners, said that Judge Rouleau had only allowed two hours for his clients' evidence in contrast to amount of time that he had allocated for Ottawa convoy protest leaders and organizers—Pat King, Benjamin Dichter, Tom Marazzo, Chris Barber, Lich, Jeremy MacKenzie.

[33][2][34] MacKenzie, described in a Globe and Mail article as the "creator" of a far-right, anti-government group, Diagolon, told the inquiry that an RCMP officer was leaking information to him during the protests.

[7] On November 16, Commission Counsel Jeffrey Leon announced that there would be a presentation of an overview summary of the estimated 9,500 public submissions sent in from August through October 31.

[7] The policy phase of the inquiry began on November 28 with round-table discussions with experts in specific fields, such as social media, disinformation, and constitutional law to deepen Commissioner Rouleau's understanding of these issues and to suggest recommendations.

[37]: 22 A 2 December 2022 Globe and Mail op-ed written by Marcus Gee said that while, in the writer's opinion, the invocation of the Act was not necessary, the inquiry itself was a win for open democracy as Canadians were given an opportunity to see how "people they elect actually do their jobs."

"[39] On 29 November 2022 Toronto Star contributing columnist Gillian Steward wrote that the "Convoy protest lawyers didn’t do their clients any favours".