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What is the Emergencies Act, and Why is it in the News Again?
Throughout February 2022, what started as a peaceful protest by Canadian truckers turned into nearly a month of rallying and blockades across Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act, a statute that grants the federal government additional powers in times of emergency. Canada’s federal court recently ruled that Trudeau’s invocation of the Act was unconstitutional.
Canadian Truckers’ “Freedom Convoy”
On January 28, a group of Canadian truckers started assembling in downtown Ottawa in protest of the vaccine mandate on land borders and all other COVID-19 related regulations in the country.