Economic justification for invoking emergency powers raises concerns about future use, says civil liberties advocate

Finance Canada officials told the Public Order Emergency Commission they were highly concerned the Freedom Convoy blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., would hurt Canada's reputation with its largest trading partner.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told the commission during her November 2022 testimony: 'I really do believe our security as a country is built on our economic security, and if our economic security is threatened all of our security is threatened.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

February 21, 2023

Civil liberties and economic experts are at odds over whether economic disruption should be a valid reason to invoke the Emergencies Act after Justice Paul Rouleau's report said the law was not intended to apply to “economic emergencies,” but that the government is entit...

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