Category: Perrin Beatty

Emergencies Act Author Warned Cabinet of ‘Long Term Issues’ Following Its Use on Convoy Protest: Text Messages

Perrin Beatty, a former Conservative defence minister who helped draft the Emergencies Act in the 1980s, told Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in February text messages that he was worried about possible “long term issues” that might follow the federal government’s use of the emergency powers. “I certainly hope that we’ll see an early, non-violent end…


Canadian Business Leaders Demand Plan to Reopen Borders, Economy Now

OTTAWA—Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process. At a news conference today, a Canadian travel and tourism roundtable said the federal government must heed advice from its expert advisory panel last month and allow fully vaccinated…