
ER Editor: We recommend reading the full National Post report below. The presiding judge in the case at federal court level, Richard Mosley, had been involved with the government at the time the Emergencies Act was invoked by the government (2022), which left him inclined to take the government’s position in the current case. Presentation of arguments by several civil liberties groups, however, persuaded him that the government had indeed been unreasonable at the time and had gone beyond its powers. Important Twitter reaction worth checking out —
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Breaking News: Court rules Emergencies Act unreasonable and unjustified
The legal pendulum that had swung so far in the favour of government authoritarianism is now finally swinging back.
“There will be hell to pay, politically, as a result of this”
–@ChesCrosbie, NCI… pic.twitter.com/IQul7CBji8— National Citizens Inquiry (NCI | CeNC) (@Inquiry_Canada) January 23, 2024
In 2022, I organised a group of lawyers from across Canada to publish an open letter urging Parliament to reject the invocation of the Emergencies Act, arguing that the government had no legal authority to do so.
Very pleased that the Federal Court today confirmed our opinion! https://t.co/5HkU0UZpzN pic.twitter.com/Z1ubfLUy0W
— Ryan O’Connor (@rpoconnor) January 23, 2024
Canada’s former Attorney General and Minister of Justice @DavidLametti is really taking the Emergencies Act ruling personally. #cdnpoli #HonkHonk pic.twitter.com/5SegNQC8ps
— Michael Thomlinson (@miket136) January 24, 2024
The recent ruling by the Federal Court of Canada is a watershed moment in Canadian history, and it speaks volumes about the extent of governmental overreach under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a landmark decision, the court found that Trudeau’s government’s use of the… pic.twitter.com/5Dn10NvzNy
— Dan Knight (@DanKnightMMA) January 23, 2024
The Justice Centre is proud to have successfully fought against the federal government’s freezing of bank accounts! https://t.co/KyFt2ZLcuv
— Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (@JCCFCanada) January 23, 2024
The Rule of Law:
1) equal application of the law; and
2) government is (also) subject to the lawToday’s decision of the Federal Court reaffirms Canada’s Rule of Law. It’s a great day for our democracy. #cdnpolihttps://t.co/7GBScCmWis pic.twitter.com/MJuvoA7gLo
— Roman Baber (@Roman_Baber) January 23, 2024
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Court rules Liberals’ use of Emergencies Act was unjustified, unreasonable
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Act in the wake of trucker convoy protests in downtown Ottawa in February 2022
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unreasonable, unjustified and violated the Charter, the Federal Court has ruled.
In a lengthy ruling published Tuesday, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley found that though the Freedom Convoy protests in early 2022 were causing harm to Canada’s economy, trade and commerce, they did not rise to the level of a threat to national security as defined by the law.
“Someone who had nothing to do with the protests could find themselves without the means to access necessaries for household and other family purposes while the accounts were suspended. There appears to have been no effort made to find a solution to that problem while the measures were in effect,” reads the ruling.
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