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Feb 16, 2022 14 tweets 5 min read
Yesterday @JustinTrudeau exercised powers under the #EmergenciesAct and issued 3 legal instruments. I’ve R/T a lengthy 🧵below raising legal questions for @DavidLametti to address in @HoCChamber @OurCommons and for @theJagmeetSingh @CandiceBergenMP @yfblanchet to ask questions./1 The first instrument is the Proclamation Declaring a Public Order Emergency: SOR/2022-20. It sets out 5 reasons for declaring a public order emergency under the #EmergenciesAct gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2022/… /2
Feb 15, 2022 21 tweets 7 min read
Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau has declared a public order emergency under the #EmergenciesAct. But I am not sure if the legal requirements for the Act have been met. 🧵 /1 @TondaMacC @JohnIbbitson @IvisonJ @SeanFineGlobe @CBCDavid @AbigailBimman The Emergencies Act (canlii.ca/t/hxzt) sets out 4 kinds of emergencies: public welfare emergency, public order emergency, international emergency, & war emergency. The federal government asserts this is a public order emergency. I have not seen the legal instrument yet./2