The commissioner presiding over the inquiry into the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act says the commission’s work will revolve around the mandate granted by Parliament, rather than the one…
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…
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…