Category: national emergency

The Great COVID Purge

Commentary The announcement that came from the White House is spooky in its brevity. It was just one sentence announcing the end of the COVID emergency. The 15 Days announced on March 16, 2020, which implemented the national emergency declared a few days earlier, ended up lasting 1,135 days. What resulted? National ruin. We see…


The Emergency Is Not Over

Commentary The U.S. House and Senate have voted by a supermajority for an early end to the National Emergency that Donald Trump issued on March 13, 2020. He issued this the same day that the Department of Health and Human Services declared in a classified document that the National Security Council would henceforth head the COVID response. This…


Real Concern of Emergencies Act Is Government’s Control Over Canadians’ Life Savings: Legal Expert

A law professor says the real concern with the Emergencies Act lies not only in the measures used during the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, but also in the financial measures that give the government control over people’s life savings. “What you have now is a government that has deputized financial institutions to essentially go…


Lawyers Urge Parliamentarians Not to Pass Emergencies Act Motion, as Senators Debate the Matter

A group of lawyers says the use of the Emergencies Act by the federal government is not warranted, and failing to meet its strict criteria before invoking it undermines the rule of law and civil liberties. The motion was passed in the House of Commons on the night of Feb. 21. The act must also…


Sydney COVID-19 Outbreak Declared a ‘National Emergency’

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said the Delta variant outbreak of the CCP virus in Sydney had become a “national emergency.” This comes as the number of COVID-19 cases in Sydney rose again in the 24 hour period to 136, with one man dying from COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese…


NSW Premier Declares ‘National Emergency’ Over COVID-19

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said the Delta variant outbreak of the CCP virus in Sydney had become a “national emergency.” “There is no doubt that the numbers are not going in the direction we hoped they would at this stage, and it is fairly apparent we will nowhere close to zero come…


Biden Extends Iran National Emergency

President Joe Biden on Friday extended the national emergency with respect to Iran for another year, according to a White House notice. In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate President Kamala Harris, Biden said he is extending the national emergency with respect to Iran beyond March 15. The original emergency declaration…


Biden Extends National Emergency With Respect to Iran

President Joe Biden on Friday extended the national emergency with respect to Iran for another year, according to a White House notice. In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate President Kamala Harris, Biden said he is extending the national emergency with respect to Iran beyond March 15. The original emergency declaration…