There Must Be Some Redress for the Emergencies Act Mistake

There Must Be Some Redress for the Emergencies Act Mistake
Flanked by four cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that he has invoked the Emergencies Act to deal with the Freedom Convoy protests, in Ottawa on Feb. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Anthony Furey
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Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland tried to make Freedom Convoy participants into villains. Whenever they spoke about the convoy during those fateful days in January 2022, they did their best to twist the facts and make the protesters look terrible. But by invoking the heavy-handed Emergencies Act, they instead made the convoy members the victims of government overreach.