Restoring the Rule of Law in Canada? – Joanna Baron

Federal Court of Canada judge Richard Mosley has struck down the first -ever invocation of the Emergencies Act as unlawful.

Mosley found that measures taken pursuant to it, like freezing bank accounts without a warrant or other judicial authorization, were unconstitutional.

The decision is particularly notable in Canadian constitutional law, where for three years , lockdowns, vaccine passports, travel mandates banning unvaccinated people from travelling on planes or trains were largely sanctioned by judges.

Justice Mosley rejected police incompetence as a rationale for invoking emergency powers.

Justin Trudeau has not yet commented, but fighting the decision is a political imperative for the Liberals .

The invocation of the Act is forever burnished into Trudeau ’s legacy, and though a majority of Canadians supported it at the time, a Federal Court ruling that it was an overreach and violation of rights will no doubt harm his government's credibility.