Trudeau met threshold to invoke Emergencies Act, commission finds

Inquiry into Emergencies Act rules measures applied under law were mostly justified

When the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022, it created several extraordinary powers hoping to clear protests entrenched in Ottawa’s downtown core and at border blockades spotted across four provinces. Among the tasks assigned to the Public Order Emergencies Commis...

Trudeau government secretly arrogated new powers to invoke the anti-democratic Emergencies Act

Canada’s Liberal government secretly “reinterpreted”—in reality rewrote—the Emergencies Act to arrogate authoritarian powers. It did so on the basis of a secret legal opinion that even the Clerk of the Privy Council cautioned was “vulnerable to challenge.”

Liberals’ decision to invoke Emergencies Act justified, but ‘regrettable’ it happened - Castor Advance

The Liberal government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act to clear last winter’s “Freedom Convoy” protests, which spiralled out of control because of failures in policing and federalism, the Public Order Emergency Commission said Friday.

Liberals’ decision to invoke Emergencies Act justified, but ‘regrettable’ it happened - Red Deer Advocate

The Liberal government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act to clear last winter’s “Freedom Convoy” protests, which spiralled out of control because of failures in policing and federalism, the Public Order Emergency Commission said Friday. Justice Paul Rouleau, the commissioner of the public inquiry, said while the protests that blocked borders, clogged streets and led to sharp divides in public opinion were unlike anyt…

Judge: Canada right to invoke emergency act in truck protest

Judge: Canada right to invoke emergency act in truck protest

Quick Quotes: Canada reacts to report that says use of Emergencies Act was justified

OTTAWA — Nearly one year after the "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators blocked traffic at Canadian border crossings and occupied the nation's capital, an independent commission released a report saying the government's use of the Emergency Act to quell th