The Federal Court of Appeal is set to decide whether the Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act during the 2022 convoy protests was unlawful. A previous Federal Court ruling deemed the government’s actions unreasonable, stating there was no national emergency justifying the Act’s use, despite the protests causing significant public disruption. The government maintains that the protests posed a security threat, while critics argue the measures violated protesters’ Charter rights. The legal challenge centers on the definition of a national emergency as outlined in the Emergencies Act.
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