Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in order to deal with the Freedom Convoy is being reexamined

You probably remember the Freedom Convoy, made up of a bunch of noisy truckers who protested the Canadian governments COVID mandates and policies. The group blocked streets in downtown Ottawa in January 2022. Eventually Prime Minister Trudeau responded by freezing people’s bank accounts and threaten to seize their property. He was able to do this by invoking a Canadian law called the Emergencies Act which gave him broad powers including the ability to freeze people’s bank accounts.Read More