Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich remains behind bars until at least March 7, marking 19 days in custody, as the judge overhearing her bail review on March 2 said the next hearing session would be the following week. Among the arguments raised by Lich’s defence is that the judge who denied her bail was biased…
Convoy Organizer Lich Remains Behind Bars as Defence Says Bail Judge’s Past Ties to Liberals Ground for Reversal
‘Free Tamara’: Alberta MLA Calls for Release of Freedom Convoy Organizer
An Alberta MLA is calling for the release of his constituent Tamara Lich, who remains behind bars for organizing the truckers’ Freedom Convoy protest to oppose federal COVID-19 mandates. Drew Barnes, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, issued a statement titled “Free Tamara” in a Twitter post on Feb. 27, saying it is a “miscarriage of justice” that Lich is still detained…
Online News Legislation Risks Eroding Public Trust in Media Beyond the Point of No Return
Commentary Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s latest move to ensure wealth is transferred from large online companies to favoured Canadian news organizations may further undermine public faith in two of Canada’s most troubled institutions: government and media. Major newspaper companies in Canada have lobbied the government for years for a bailout to compensate them for losing…
The ‘Strategic Narcissism’ of Invoking the Emergencies Act
Commentary An American three-star general and former national security advisor to President Trump has coined the term “strategic narcissism” to describe the ambitions and the failings undergirding Russia’s unopposed invasion of Ukraine. Here in strategically invisible Canada, where our foreign policy is played entirely for domestic consumption, H.R. McMaster’s telling phrase has tactical adaptability for…
Constitutional Rights Group to Sue Ottawa Over ‘Abuse of Government Power’ in Invoking Emergencies Act
A constitutional rights group says it’s suing Ottawa for invoking the Emergencies Act and freezing the financial accounts of several individuals who participated in the recent protests opposing the federal COVID-19 mandates. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said in a Feb. 25 news release that it has filed a constitutional challenge (pdf) against the feds…
Trudeau’s Suspension of Civil Rights for a Non-Existent Emergency an Embarrassing Chapter in Canadian History
Commentary The invocation of the Emergencies Act—a modern-day version of the War Measures Act—was the action of a federal government in total disarray and panic. There was no pressing emergency facing the population of Canada. The only person experiencing an emergency was Prime Minister Trudeau as he watched his credibility and support as a national…
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…
‘Doesn’t Really Add Up’: MPs Grill Public Safety Minister on Use of Emergencies Act
MPs grilled Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Feb. 25 at a House committee hearing to examine the public order emergency declared by the government, with some focusing on whether the threshold had been met to call a national emergency, and others looking to find out why the Ottawa occupation lasted so long. Addressing whether…
Emergencies Act: Tory MP Says Government’s Claim of Sedition Was ‘Disinformation’
News Analysis Reactions have poured in after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Feb. 23 he was revoking the Emergencies Act, two days after what Tories said was a government-imposed confidence vote on supporting the motion, with some claiming the government exaggerated the threat used to justify resorting to the emergency measures. “Trudeau’s announcement [that]…
Trudeau Government Facing Lawsuits Over Emergencies Act
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and two civil and constitutional rights groups say they will continue to pursue legal challenges of the Canadian government’s use of the Emergencies Act even after the measure was revoked on Feb. 23. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Feb. 14 to give authorities additional powers to deal with…
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