The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Friday.
The court dismissed the government’s appeal of a 2024 ruling which deemed former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to use the legislation unlawful and infringed on protesters’ Charter rights.
“As disturbing and disruptive the blockades and the convoy protests in Ottawa could be, they fell well short of a threat to national security,” wrote the three judges on the appeal court.
Fascist agitation was politely tolerated by residents until the national government had to step in to tell them, nothing’s happening, fuck off.
This wasn’t a sit-in. It was a harassment campaign against an entire city, by ignorant bigots, for weeks. If you endured a fraction of that you’d be ugly-crying on the phone for your local cops to do something about those poor innocent souls and their right to express HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK at four in the god damn morning.
Yeah… this is what gets me about the ruling. these disruptions weren’t just stressful for some. Lack of sleep from the noise, reports of threatening people… there was something else to do with the lobby of an apartment building but I forget what it was and couldn’t be verified… but it wasn’t just stressful or annoying… none of the legal people had to deal with it as badly as others in Ottawa.
This ruling isn’t wrong about some guys in trucks falling short of a national security threat.
This ruling is wrong for ignoring the threat of city and provincial governments allowing a mob to terrorize people, at length.