A Canadian Federal Court judge ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could not use anti-terrorism laws to shut down the Freedom Convoy truckers' protest against vaccine mandates and other lockdown measures in 2022. It was ruled unconstitutional.
Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley has ruled that Justin Trudeau's Liberal government's use of emergency laws to quell a series of trucker-led protests in February 2022 was “unjustified.” The verdict was handed down, CBC reported. report.
The ruling follows a lawsuit brought by the Canadian Civil Liberties Union, the Canadian Constitution Foundation and other individuals who argue that the protests do not meet the legal standards for the government to exercise the powers granted under the Act. issued accordingly. It has never been used and was originally intended as a means of combating terrorists.
The protests, which began in January 2022, have been almost entirely peaceful, with truck drivers using their vehicles to block roads in Ottawa and along the U.S. border in opposition to vaccination mandates and other lockdown policies. For this reason, they were wrongly branded as “racists”. By the Trudeau government.
Prime Minister Trudeau's invocation of the emergency law (reportedly at the request of the Biden administration in the US) led to the government arresting Freedom Convoy leaders, freezing protesters' bank accounts, and halting protests. It is now possible to seize donations for
The act states that for the government to declare a public emergency, there must be a “threat to the security of Canada that is serious enough to constitute a national emergency.” The legislation follows the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency's definition of a threat, citing espionage, serious violence, foreign interference and intent to overthrow the government as examples that meet the criteria.
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In his judgment, Judge Mosley said:
I concluded that the decision to issue this declaration did not have the characteristics of reasonableness, transparency and intelligibility and was not justified with respect to the relevant factual and legal constraints that needed to be taken into account. .
“There is certainly a legitimate reason for concern that there is a possibility of serious violence, or that there is no possibility of serious violence,” he added. “However, in my view, it did not meet the test necessary to invoke the Act.”
The judge went on to say: To tell It said the government's actions also “violated” the rights guaranteed to citizens under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “The regulations are declared to be in breach of section 2(b) of the Charter and the order is declared to be in violation of section 8 of the Canadian Rights and Freedoms Act.'' This is not justified. ”
The judge's ruling contradicts the findings of a study led primarily by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's officials that found the government met standards. According to public broadcaster CBC, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said: Said At a cabinet meeting in Montreal, the government announced its intention to appeal Judge Moseley's ruling.
In response to the ruling, Ezra Levant, founder of Rebel News and avid supporter of the Freedom Convoy protests, said: Said: “For two years, Prime Minister Trudeau and his government's media called truck drivers illegal. Today, a federal court ruled that Prime Minister Trudeau's violent response was illegal. Parroting his lines. Shame on all the #JustinJournos who did this. Today's verdict was also a verdict against them.”
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