2022.11.23

Enterprise Canada pushes back against Nazi flag claim made by convoy lawyer 

push back : If you push back against something, such as a change or criticism, you refuse to accept it or try to prevent it.

 

Communications firm says employee receiving death threats following lawyer's accusations

accusation : a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone. 

 

 

The strategic communications firm Enterprise Canada is pushing back against what it says are "irresponsible and reckless" statements made by Brendan Miller — a lawyer representing convoy protest organizers at the Emergencies Act inquiry — about one of the firm's employees. 

reckless : doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible results.

 

On Monday, Miller suggested — citing no evidence — that Brian Fox, a partner at Enterprise, carried a Nazi flag in the thick of the protest crowd in Ottawa last winter so that photos would be taken and the protesters would be discredited.

cite : to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happend.

 

Miller temporarily kicked out of inquiry

inquiry : 1. (the process of asking) a question  /   2. an official process to discover the facts about someting bad that has happend.

 

 

 

The Public Order Emergency Commission was hearing testimony Tuesday from Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. As Rouleau was about to announce the usual mid-morning break, Miller interrupted to say he'd been speaking with Alexander Cohen, Mendicino's director of communications, who Miller said was in the hearing room.

testimony : (an example of) spoken or written statements that something is true, espesciallyt those given in a law court. 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/convoy-commission-lawyer-kicked-out-emergencies-act-1.6660191 

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