Emergencies Act 1988

Justin Trudeau & Ghosts of Civil Disobedience Past

Ray McGinnis On Valentines’ Day 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared the 1988 Emergencies Act in response to the Trucker Freedom Convoy in Ottawa; And US-Canada border protests in Windsor (ON), Emerson (MB), Coutts (AB), Osoyoos and Surrey (BC). This stunning political development ignored the House of Commons in favour of making the announcement at …

Ottawa Freedom Convoy Tears Down Illusion of Democracy in North America

Matthew Ehret No, there is a limit to the tyrant’s power! When the oppressed man finds no justice, When the burden grows unbearable, he appeals With fearless heart to Heaven, And thence brings down his everlasting rights, Which there abide, inalienably his, And indestructible as stars themselves. Friedrich Schiller, Wilhelm Tell’s Rutli Oath Who would …

Canada invokes Emergencies Act to seize convoy funding

Kit Knightly Last night Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland held a joint press conference where they announced their decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protests. But what is the Emergencies Act? And what new powers does is Trudeau government claiming? The Act The Emergencies …