The Emergencies Act is a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1988 which authorizes the Government of Canada to take extraordinary temporary measures to respond to public welfare emergencies,
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The Canada convoy protest, also known as the Freedom Convoy, was a series of protests and blockades across Canada in early 2022, initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-borde
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…to confirmation by the House of Commons and Senate. The Emergencies Act has been invoked only once since it was enacted in 1988, in response to the Canada convoy protest in 2022. This invocation of the Emergencies Act was ruled unconstitutional, and this decision was upheld by the Federal Court of Canada upon the…
Freedom Convoy 2022, Ottawa, February 12
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Anti-vaccine protesters at the convoy in Ottawa
A large Gadsden flag and a large sign with the words "We are the fringe" are seen in a crowd in Ottawa on February 12, 2022. Justin Trudeau had called the convoy protesters a "fringe minority."