With the #EmergenciesActInquiry ongoing, what have MLI experts had to say about the protests, the invocation of the act, and the larger issues at play in Canada? See below for a 🧵 featuring some of the views of @awudrick, @kenscoates, @ryan_p_alford, and more. #POEC #cdnpoli 
MLI fellows raised early issues with protestors and government action, particularly regarding the rule of law. This fits into a broader challenge of selective application of the rule of law in Canada which MLI experts have long warned about. #EmergenciesActInquiry #POEC
As @kenscoates wrote months before the convoy protests, there has been an absence of a coherent strategy for dealing with protesters lawfully, with integrity, and with decency. He argued that this imperils our democracy and the rule of law. #cdnpoli macdonaldlaurier.ca/canadas-failur…
The government "cannot wink at pipeline stoppages and church burnings and then use the law to bludgeon the truckers’ convoy,” says MLI Managing Director @brianleecrowley. “Nor can they do the reverse, as some Tories seem to believe” #EmergenciesActInquiry macdonaldlaurier.ca/undermine-neut…
As @ryan_p_alford points out, “the constitution requires tolerance for groups of law-abiding citizens who choose to come together to be heard. Yet the rule of law also requires that individuals who violate the Criminal Code should be held accountable.” macdonaldlaurier.ca/danger-politic…
Andrew David Irvine further discusses the need for an equal application of the rule of law, regardless of the politics of the protestors or government. He outlines why the sanctity of the rule of law is vital for a democracy. #POEC #EmergenciesActInquiry macdonaldlaurier.ca/rule-of-law-cr…
Additionally, MLI Domestic Policy Program Director @awudrick argued that the tactics employed by the protestors, and the harm and frustration caused to impacted residents, were ultimately counterintuitive to the protesters’ own goals. #cdnpoli #POEC macdonaldlaurier.ca/vaccine-mandat…
Indeed, as Danette Starblanket and @kenscoates write, there are more effective ways to protest. In their view, Idle No More serves as a good template as the movement “changed the national conversation in good, constructive, and long-lasting ways.” #cdnpoli macdonaldlaurier.ca/there-is-anoth…
The debate on the appropriateness of invoking the #EmergenciesAct hinges on whether the balance was struck between the right to protest and the rule of law; between freedom and security. #cdnpoli #POEC
Our March issue of Inside Policy explored this topic: macdonaldlaurier.ca/inside-policy-…
Our March issue of Inside Policy explored this topic: macdonaldlaurier.ca/inside-policy-…
So, what do MLI’s experts say? Many argue that the invocation of the Act was likely inappropriate. @awudrick described the move as “an embarrassing failure of leadership,” and a nuclear option without justification. #POEC #EmergenciesActInquiry #cdnpoli macdonaldlaurier.ca/trudeau-uses-n…
“It does not take a particularly active imagination to see the obvious problem with a government’s enlisting banks, without court oversight, to freeze the assets of protesters hostile to the government,” argued @awudrick. #EmergenciesActInquiry #cdnpoli macdonaldlaurier.ca/canadians-shou…
According to @ryan_p_alford, "if politicians are willing to mislead the public in order to evade the most fundamental constitutional limits on their powers... it is unclear why any other abuse would be considered beyond the pale." #EmergenciesActInquiry macdonaldlaurier.ca/holding-the-go…
Stuart Parker warns that the long-term implications of the invocation of the #EmergenciesAct are worrisome, criticizing politicians on the left for abandoning the approach of Tommy Douglas by supporting the government's actions. #EmergenciesActInquiry macdonaldlaurier.ca/jagmeet-singhs…
What makes a transparent #EmergenciesActInquiry so crucial? @ryan_p_alford says: “when it comes to the judgment of whether the Trudeau government abused its emergency powers, justice must not only be done, it must also be seen to be done.” #POEC #cdnpoli macdonaldlaurier.ca/hiding-behind-…
For @ryan_p_alford, "if Canadians do not continue to grasp the importance of determining whether it was the nation that had been in danger or merely a government that had been in difficulty" then we risk surrendering our liberties. #EmergenciesActInquiry macdonaldlaurier.ca/emergency-powe…
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