Rouleau’s Emergencies Act report raises troubling questions
Justice Paul Rouleau’s conclusion that the governmentfor invoking the Emergencies Act in response to last year’s truck convoy protests could have consequences far beyond the events of last February.
On the question of whether no other laws would suffice, Justice Rouleau did not explain how the blockade in Windsor, Ont., was resolved before powers under the Emergencies Act were invoked, and how the clearing of the blockade in Coutts, Alta., was nearly complete.
More dismaying is Justice Rouleau’s acceptance that the CSIS Act definition of threats to national security had been met because the government believed it had been met. CSIS determined otherwise, undertaking threat assessments and communicating its views to the Prime Minister, the Privy Council Office and a cabinet committee.
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