A group of legal experts say the invocation of the Emergencies Act by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have serious consequences for Canadians, not just presently but for generations to come.
“If this invocation of the Emergencies Act is valid, then governments have the power to declare emergencies and crush any peaceful protest, any dissent, that threatens their political fortunes and ideology, and that’s not the kind of country we want to live in,” Bruce Pardy, law professor and executive director of Rights Probe, said at a press conference on Feb. 17.
