Posted on 02/17/2023 9:37:46 PM PST by BenLurkin
Justice Paul Rouleau, who led the probe into the use of 1988 Emergencies Act, called the decision a "drastic move" but not a "dictatorial one".
The act bestows the government with added powers in times of crisis.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used it on 14 February 2022...
Mr Rouleau wrote in his Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) report...
Mr Rouleau said he did not come to the conclusion easily...
Though the report says the use of emergency powers was necessary, it also suggests that Prime Minister Trudeau inflamed the situation with comments that called the movement a "fringe minority" which hardened protesters' resolve.
Dubbed the "Freedom Convoy", the protest against the government's Covid-19 vaccine mandate had gridlocked Canada's national capital for three weeks and gained international attention.
The 1988 legislation, invoked by Mr Trudeau, allowed the government to impose bans on public assembly in some areas and to prohibit travel to protest zones...
It also requires that a formal inquiry be held after the act is invoked.
The POEC heard from over 70 witnesses 50 experts late last year. Hearings were chaired by Justice Paul Rouleau, of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Trudeau testified before the commission on the final day of hearings.
He defended his government's use of the act, saying law enforcement could not address the protest in Ottawa and that he was concerned about what would happen if the government didn't end the protest.
Through the act, the federal government was allowed to remove and arrest protesters and freeze financial assets of those involved with the protests.
The 2000-page report also makes 56 recommendations to improve intelligence sharing, police response to wide-scale protests and the Emergencies Act itself.
The Emergencies Act came into existence in 1988 and has never been applied before.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Try that here in the USA and there would be a lot of dead cops. and quite a few dead politicians.
We have investigated ourselves and have found ourselves completely innocent!
Hitler’s use of emergency powers justified—report.
“Necessary to protect Jews, Gypsies, and other undesirables,” claims Reichskommisioner.
Exactly.
At least Mel Brookes was funny. Can’t say that about Justin Castreau.
...where do the tow-truck drivers fit in...?
the French revolution and the guillotine. nuff sed
I don’t think the majority of Canada has the gumption to do this. Hell, most Americans lost their will to fight too. That’s why tyranny is on the march: good men choose to do nothing.
Here the EUA is very limited. I printed the EUA CFR from 2020.
Using it was either an abuse of power or justifiably authorized.
If it was justifiable, every citizen should demand to read the circumstances…. And we should extract every dollar spent from the offending nation.
Trumps silence on his handover of rights to a career bureaucrat speaks volumes.
Thank you for saying it. Because it is true.
When you strip away the legal gyrations to get to emergency powers we are faced with fact that some disagree with legislatures and executives decisions to have such emergency powers. There are others that are quite grateful for emergency powers. I would say the latter are satisfied with trading freedom for security. We know what Ben Franklin thought those people deserve. The two camps, the grateful and ungrateful, are at odds.
Personally, I am quite ungrateful. If I had the power, there would never be emergency powers granted to government, not even the ability to impose single curfew. Law abiding citizens should not be denied freedoms under any circumstance. This comes from the belief that people can make their own choices, take responsibility for those choices and suffer any consequences that may occur in a vacuum void of government involvement.
Government should not be the source of consequences when acting legally. I cannot abide with the notion that a freedom can be perfectly legal one moment becomes illegal the next moment via the whim of a government official. I would even go so far as to say I could not abide the same if the whim came from a full legislature after extensive debate and full citizen involvement.
I think there are others that agree. Those that do can do couple things. We can elect representatives that will strip the legal code of emergency powers. That will require making emergency powers an issue of such import that representatives would eliminate them. Absent of that when we are stripped of our freedoms via emergency powers we can continue exercise our full freedoms. Then we are given a choice when faced with government force. We can submit to government consequences or fight. In the United States that would be exercising our second amendment rights. That’s an inalienable right for all peoples. It does not come from government, even in Canada, regardless what government says is legal or not. It is a right that does not even have to be in the Bill of Rights, since the Bill of Rights does not grant rights. It is there to give the responsibility to government to protect that right.
Of course, there is another option when faced with the invocation of emergency powers. You go along with them and never face the consequences of government force. You are left with facing the consequences of tyranny.
This is a bingo! Governments ALWAYS justify their actions.
I seriously doubt it.
Canada is officially Commieville Enjoy the suck.
I don’t,
I know where mnay of our cops live.
Alberta?
WOW. Just like Eric Holder’s investigations in to himself.
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