Law Professor Ryan Alford of Lakehead University said that “a reasonable basis is not necessarily a legal, let alone a constitutional, basis for assuming unprecedented and destructive emergency powers,” on…
Co-counsel for the Canadian Constitution Foundation Sujit Choudhry pointed out that “the Emergencies Act, especially the last resort clause, was drafted to ensure that the act could never be used…
Alberta was able to clear out the blockade at the Coutts, Alberta, border-crossing without the use of the act. Mandy England, a lawyer for Alberta government, told the Public Order…
Michael Morris, a lawyer representing Saskatchewan Government, told the Public Order Emergency Commission on its opening day on Oct. 13, that the Saskatchewan Government was only told of Ottawa’s intention…
Brendan Miller, Counsel for Freedom Corp, an organization that represents the Freedom Convoy protesters told the Public Order Emergency Commission on its opening day on Oct. 13 that the required…
By Limin Zhou When Paul Rouleau kicked off the public inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented invocation of Emergencies Act, he said the focus of the inquiry is on the…
By Andrew Chen The third instalment of a carbon tax rebate is set to be delivered to residents in some Canadian provinces over the coming days. The climate action incentive…
By Noé Chartier Not long after hundreds of vehicles entered Ottawa to protest COVID-19 restrictions last January, the highest ranking public servant in the city pushed back against the idea…
By Peter Wilson MPs on the House of Commons Government Operations and Estimates Committee voted Monday not to question Liberal cabinet ministers about the federal government’s reported $54 million spending on creating and maintaining…
Public hearings of the Public Order Emergency Commission led by Paul Rouleau began in Ottawa on October 13. The commission is looking into the federal government’s declaration of a…