‘Not about the convoy’: Critics say Ottawa’s second appeal won’t lower missed Emergencies Act threshold

On March 17, the federal government appealed to the Supreme Court a pair of lower court decisions that found its February 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act was ‘unlawful.’
Ontario Provincial Police and Ottawa Police gather on Metcalfe Street near Parliament Hill as they clear out the Freedom Convoy occupation of downtown Ottawa on Feb. 17, 2022.

The federal government wouldn't be escalating the challenge of its use of the Emergencies Act to the country's highest court if it didn’t believe it had a shot of winning, but the “fundamental question” remains whether the public interest is being served by doing so, s...

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