‘No wonder we continue down this path’: Conservative, CSG Senate leaders say use of Emergencies Act stoked division

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Feb. 23 the government would be ending the invocation of the Emergencies Act after 10 days and right as the Red Chamber was in the middle of debating whether it should continue.

Freedom Convoy supporters block Wellington Street near the Senate of Canada Building on Feb. 14, the same day the federal government announced it would invoke the Emergencies Act. The Senate was debating its use on Feb. 23 for the second day, right up until it was lifted.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 23, 2022

The federal government's use of the Emergencies Act created division in an already polarized Canada, argued two Senate leaders as the Red Chamber debated approval of the powers in the hours before they were revoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday afternoon....

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