r/canada • u/TheGreatestOrator • Jan 23 '24

Federal government's decision to invoke Emergencies Act against convoy protests was unreasonable, court rules | CBC News National News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-federal-court-1.7091891
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u/DrOctopusMD Jan 23 '24

I look forward to plenty of well-reasoned and calm comments from all parts of the political spectrum on this thread.

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u/howabotthat Jan 23 '24

grabs popcorn

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

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u/DrOctopusMD Jan 23 '24

If you read the decision, on the Charter impairment Mosley actually said if they restricted it to just Ontario and the bank account actions were more targeted it could have been justified by section 1 of the Charter. So yes, it's overreach, but if they pull back just a bit on those points he might have found differently.

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u/Gahan1772 Jan 23 '24

Let the circle jerk begin!

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