Making good on the Charter’s promise requires vigilance

The 'Freedom Convoy's' often wild assertions and energetic debates and the responses of responsible authorities, including invocation of the Emergencies Act, merit detailed inquiry and robust public debate.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Feb. 14, to announce the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 'Freedom Convoy' protests in Ottawa and across the country. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY FAREED KHAN AND JOHN PACKER

April 20, 2022

In the last week, Canada marked the 40th anniversary of the proclamation of our patriated Constitution, which also gave Canadians the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The occasion might well have gone unnoticed, relegated to some t...

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