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Trudeau SLAMMED For Invoking This Order

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had “no justification whatsoever to invoke the Emergencies Act,” when he ordered freedom convoy protestors’ bank accounts to be seized according to Attorney Brenden Miller of Foster LLP who represented the protesters.

Trudeau ordered a commission of inquiry to investigate the truckers who formed the ‘Freedom Convoy‘ and protested against the Canadian government‘s draconian COVID-19 restrictions.

Rebel News reported, the protestors’ bank accounts were frozen and seized after GoFundMe and GiveSendGo testified to the Ottawa authorities that the vast majority of donations to the protest were coming from fellow Canadians.

According to Ezra Levant, “this commission of inquiry, if the judge follows the law, will be testing whether or not Justin Trudeau abused the law, broke the law by invoking a civil liberties emergency and declaring martial law.”

Appearing on The Ezra Levant Show, Miller told him, “It is our view that there was no justification whatsoever to invoke the Emergencies Act. The Emergencies Act requires several things. One, it could be invoked due to espionage and sabotage. Are you going to hear any evidence about espionage and sabotage? The answer to that is no.

Two, it could be invoked on the basis of clandestine or deceptive foreign influence or foreign influence that involves the threat to a person. Are you going to hear evidence about that? The answer to that is no.

It also could be invoked on the basis of threats or use of acts of serious violence against persons or property. Are you going to hear evidence of violence against persons or property? The answer is no.

Lastly, it can also be invoked if there is a group or persons trying to destroy or overthrow by violence. The system of government of Canada. Are you going to hear evidence about individuals trying to do that? The answer is no.

And the answer is, is that there was no reasonable and probable grounds to invoke the Emergencies Act and that the government exceeded their jurisdiction both constitutionally and legislatively in doing so.”

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association also vehemently condemned the action in February 2022.

The CCLA statement via Twitter said,

“The federal government has not met the threshold necessary to invoke the Emergencies Act. This law creates a high and clear standard for good reason: the Act allows government to bypass ordinary democratic processes. This standard has not been met,” the CCLA wrote.

“The Emergencies Act can only be invoked when a situation ‘seriously threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Canada’ [and] when the situation ‘cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada,’” they continued. “Governments regularly deal with difficult situations, and do so using powers granted to them by democratically elected representatives. Emergency legislation should not be normalized. It threatens our democracy and our civil liberties.”

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