Trudeau Defends Invoking Emergencies Act as Bergen Says Justification Is ‘Falling Apart’

Trudeau Defends Invoking Emergencies Act as Bergen Says Justification Is ‘Falling Apart’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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With recent revelations that neither the RCMP nor the Ottawa police requested that the federal government invoke the Emergencies Act, Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen said the Liberals’ argument for invoking the order is “very quickly falling apart.”

Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino have repeatedly said the act was invoked based on advice received from law enforcement.
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