Three senior officials from the Finance Department and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser are due to testify Thursday at the public inquiry tasked with determining whether the Liberal government was justified in triggering the Emergencies Act.

Deputy Minister of Finance Michael Sabia, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Economic Policy Branch Rhys Mendes and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Financial Sector Policy branch Isabelle Jacques will begin the day's testimonies.

The commission will then hear from Trudeau's national security advisor, Jody Thomas. A few hours after the history-making decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in mid-February she reached out to the RCMP for a threat assessment of the protests in Ottawa and at several border crossings.

Her actions, detailed in documents previously submitted as evidence to the inquiry, provide some insight into the advice Trudeau and his cabinet colleagues were receiving when the decision was made.

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