Federal courts have handed down a ruling regarding the use of the Emergencies Act to shut down the Convoy protests that had much of Ottowa at a standstill two years ago.
Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley stated that “the legal constraints on the discretion of the GIC to declare a public order emergency were not satisfied" as it doesn't meet the definition of a national emergency under the act.
As a result, the ruling was that the emergency act was "not justified" in its use.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government respectfully disagrees with the decision and will appeal.
This ruling is the opposite of the ruling from the public inquiry done by Commissioner Paul Roleau, which found that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met the threshold to invoke the act.
