Alberta gov’t will continue to pursue lawsuit over Trudeau’s use of Emergencies Act last year
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Alberta Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro said that ‘Alberta’s government maintains that the federal government’s consultation with provinces was inadequate and that unnecessarily invoking the Emergencies Act set a dangerous precedent.’
(LifeSiteNews) – After a judge exonerated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for using the Emergencies Act (EA) to decimate the Freedom Convoy last year, the government of Alberta said the use of the EA set a “dangerous precedent” that the province will continue to fight via a multiple party lawsuit.
In a statement this past Friday, Alberta Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro said that “Alberta’s government maintains that the federal government’s consultation with provinces was inadequate and that unnecessarily invoking the Emergencies Act set a dangerous precedent.”
“The decision to invoke the act violated the constitutionally guaranteed rights of Albertans and gave the federal government the ability to seize property without due process of law,” Shandro said.
Last Friday, Liberal-friendly Justice Paul Rouleau ruled in favor of the Trudeau government’s use of the EA to crush the Freedom Convoy in February 2022 after releasing the final report of the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC).
“The decision to invoke the Act was appropriate,” the judge concluded.
Shandro noted that the conclusion from the POEC will not change the province’s intervention in lawsuits fighting Trudeau’s use of the EA.
“The conclusion reached by the inquiry does not affect Alberta’s decision to participate in legal challenges initiated against the federal government by the Canadian Constitution Foundation and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association last year,” Shandro said.
“The 56 recommendations in the report show that there were many issues with the way the federal government used the Emergencies Act. My department will be reviewing the report and its recommendations, and I call on the federal government to do the same.”