Inquiry’s summons to Ford valid, but parliamentary privilege shields him while assembly in session

By Cristin Schmitz ( November 7, 2022, 2:15 PM EST) -- As long as Ontario’s legislature remains in session, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones can use parliamentary privilege to resist appearing before the federal inquiry into Ottawa’s declaration of a public order emergency last winter — but the summonses issued by the federal inquiry that require the politicians’ attendance and testimony are within the inquiry’s jurisdiction and are valid, a Federal Court judge has ruled....