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Jan 23, 2024 · The Federal Court has ruled the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that descended on Ottawa in 2022 violated the Charter of ...
Feb 17, 2023 · The Public Order Emergency Commission has concluded that the federal government met the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the 'Freedom Convoy' protests and blockades.
Jan 24, 2024 · OTTAWA – In a landmark ruling, a Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Liberal government unconstitutionally and unjustifiably invoked the Emergencies Act in response to ongoing Freedom ...
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- Federal government was justified in using the Emergencies Act. Rouleau found it was reasonable for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet to invoke the Emergencies Act and its powers to bring the protests to an end.
- There was 'a failure of federalism' Rouleau said the various levels of government did not work well together during the protests. The events of January and February 2022 can be seen "as a failure of federalism," he said.
- Cross-border vaccine mandates, Trudeau's comments. Rouleau concluded that the federal government's vaccine mandate for cross-border workers — coupled with Trudeau's controversial remark that only "a small fringe minority of people" were opposed to these COVID-related restrictions — provided the spark for the trucker convoy.
- A call for reform. Among Rouleau's 56 recommendations is an urgent call to review how policing is carried out in Ottawa. Rouleau said Ottawa is a "complex" jurisdiction with four police services — the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS), the Ottawa Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police and the RCMP — responsible for various aspects of protecting the nation's capital.
Nov 26, 2022 · The Canada Revenue Agency says it has terminated 330 employees for inappropriately receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the pandemic, giving its final update on an...
Jan 23, 2024 · The final report out of the Emergencies Act inquiry found the federal government met the threshold to use it, as convoy protesters choked downtown Ottawa and blocked border crossings in early 2022...
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Oct 12, 2022 · The commission's mandate is to examine the circumstances that led to the use of the Emergencies Act and the measures taken through it to deal with the emergency situation, and come away with ...
