Emergencies Act architect says courts checked government overreach, advises against further appeal

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it’s willing to fight at the Supreme Court if the Liberals choose keep appealing the decision that the 2022 use of the Emergencies Act was unlawful.
Ontario Provincial Police and Ottawa Police arrest protesters on Metcalfe Street near Parliament Hill following the invocation of the Emergencies Act on Jan. 14, 2022, to clear out the Freedom Convoy occupation of downtown Ottawa. On Jan. 16, 2026, a Federal Court of Appeal upheld the ruling that its use was unjustified and unreasonable.

With the federal government’s defence of invoking the Emergencies Act in 2022 receiving its second judicial defeat, the act's architect says the government should learn to “admit when it's wrong,” while its challengers say they’re ready to “fight tooth and nail” ...

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