Commission 'reluctantly' rules Trudeau justified in using Emergencies Act | National Post - Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press:
February 17, 2023 - "The Public Order Emergency Commission delivered its report today on the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to end the Freedom Convoy protests that paralyzed the streets around Parliament Hill and jammed several Canadian border points last year. Justice Paul Rouleau said the government met the threshold for invoking emergency powers.
“'I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met,' commissioner Rouleau wrote in his report, tabled in parliament Friday. But, he added, 'I have done so with reluctance'....
"It was the first time the Emergencies Act had been used since it was created in its current form in the 1980s. The commission, mandated by law to review the act’s invocation, heard from elected officials, police, protesters and Ottawa residents.... In addition to setting out findings and lessons learned, Rouleau was asked to make recommendations on 'any necessary modernization' of the emergencies law, as well as on 'areas for further study or review.'"
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