Trudeau’s Use of Emergency Powers To Shut Down Truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’ Was Unconstitutional, Judge Finds

Canada’s ‘Emergencies Act’ was used to arrest the protesters, who received global attention in early 2022 for protesting vaccine mandates.

Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP.
Protesting truckers in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP.

Nearly two years after Canada’s Prime Minister made an unprecedented decision to invoke a counter-terrorism law to shut down the anti-vaccine mandate “Freedom Convoy,” a judge has ruled it was unconstitutional and unreasonable.

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