Justice Rouleau’s report on the invocation of the Emergencies Act concluded its use was justified even if the evidence wasn’t overwhelming.
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“I do not come to this conclusion easily, as I do not consider the factual basis for it to be overwhelming and I acknowledge that there is significant strength to the arguments against reaching it,” he wrote.Article contentThat is hardly a ringing endorsement of the Trudeau government’s actions. The report says this could have been avoided with better leadership.
That’s all true, but my reading of the act isn’t that CSIS determines what is or isn’t an emergency, that should be the decision of government. What the Emergencies Act does is use the CSIS Act to define what an emergency is to limit how and when the act can be invoked.Liberals’ decision to invoke Emergencies Act justified, but ‘regrettable’ it happened
In his report, Justice Rouleau calls for the government to remove the reference to the CSIS Act from the Emergencies Act, a move that I fear could weaken the law and allow future governments greater leeway in using extraordinary powers.
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