The CCF says the core of its case is that the government already had all the tools it needed to end the occupations without resorting to the nuclear option of…
February 14 marked the first time the Emergencies Act was invoked since going on the books in 1988 as a replacement to the War Measures Act.
“This is about keeping Canadians safe, protecting people’s jobs and restoring confidence in our institutions.”a secretive closed-door committee chaired by the Prime MinisterFounded in 2018, the IRG is described as a “a dedicated, emergency committee that will convene in the event of a national crisis or during incidents elsewhere that have major implications for Canada.”Article contentinside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul, Turkey.
The CCF would launch a legal challenge to the invocation just days later, arguing the threshold for declaring a public emergency hadn’t been met, followed by their formal legal challenge later than month.