The allegation is contained in a brief text exchange between the two men from last February which was tendered as evidence in the public inquiry investigating whether the Emergency Act was properly invoked. 0:41 Emergency Law Commission counsel collapses during questioning McIver asked Ottawa for help in obtaining tow trucks to clear the blockade at the international border crossing in the small town of Coutts, Alberta. Current trend Story continues below ad He says help never came. On 21 February, Blair texted McIver to say that the Emergency Act had been effective in dealing with “the tow truck issue”. McIver told Blair that this was not true and that by the time the law was invoked the Coutts’ ban had already ended.
