Ray Mcginnis

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A federal judge recently ruled that cabinet’s decision in early 2022 to use the Emergencies Act to end anti-government protests across the country, including this one in Ottawa, was unreasonable and violated protesters’ charter rights. The author writes that the ruling vindicates those who took the federal government to court over use of the act. | Reuters/ Patrick Doyle photo
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Emergencies Act ruling a vindication

In an unequivocal decision, the Honourable Justice Richard Mosley declared the Liberal cabinet’s invocation of the Emergencies Act as not just questionable but illegal. The government’s move to enact the Emergencies Act, an unprecedented action taken Feb. 14, 2022, in response to the Freedom Convoy protests, has been found to be in flagrant violation of […] Read more

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