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Peter Menzies: Appeal Court’s Convoy Ruling Upholds Freedom of Expression

Peter Menzies: Appeal Court’s Convoy Ruling Upholds Freedom of Expression
A police officer smashes a truck window as police deploy to remove demonstrators participating in the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022. Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images
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The federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act to close down the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa and other protests stemming from it, has taken another judicial ruling squarely on the chin.

Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.