BREAKING: Ottawa's use of Emergencies Act against convoy protests was unreasonable, violated Charter, court rules. New word to learn: "ultra vires"
"ultra vires" - "beyond the powers." Describes actions taken by government bodies or corporations that exceed the scope of power given to them by laws or corporate charters.
Today is another day that will go into Canadian history books…
If you watched my New Year 2024 Address to All Canadians, you know that I told you that this is the year when the “House of Cards” will start to fall and when the Canadians will start seeing the Truth coming out and their Foundamental Rights being restored - slowly, but surely.
So, this is already happening! -
YouTube can no longer suppress the information about the devastating affect of pandemic measures on individuals and the connection between the excess of sudden deaths of young people and the vaccination mandates: see UK Excess Deaths Debate and Canada National Citizen’s Inquiry Final Report on YouTube.
Equally, it is be becoming increasingly difficult (even for such highly censored platforms as YouTube and FaceBook) to suppress evidence and court decisions such as the one released today. Check it for yourself!
First, lets see how this news is reported by CBC - the mainstream channel, who have become infamous for its biased coverage of the events two years ago that led to invocation of the Emergency’s Act : https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-federal-court-1.7091891. (CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2024 12:49 PM EST).
Critically, you will note that in its rather long report, CBC highlights that the fact the conclusion by the Federal Judge Richard G. Mosley is opposite from the one that was made earlier last year by the Government-appointed Commissioner Paul Rouleau, and that the Government [Freeland] says it plans to appeal the decision”
Now, lets see how this news is becoming (virally) discussed all over Twitter/X (from https://twitter.com/JasonLavigneMP):
BREAKING! Federal Judge Richard G. Mosley ruled that the Canadian government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act was unreasonable, and some orders unjustifiably violated the Charter of Rights.
4. It is declared that the decision to issue the Proclamation and the associated Regulations and Order was unreasonable and ultra vires the Emergencies Act;
5. It is declared that the Regulations infringed section 2 (b) of the Charter and declared that the Order infringed section 8 of the Charter and that neither infringement was justified under section 1;
6. The Applicants, Edward Cornell and Vincent Gircys, are awarded costs of the hearing;
Another one (from https://twitter.com/echipiuk)
The Federal Court of Canada just ruled the invocation of the Emergencies Act ultra vires. In other words, it was an abuse of power, discriminatory, unconstitutional, beyond the legal power or authority, unlawful, illegal, etc, etc, etc!!!! This is big!
What does it mean for the federal government, elected officials and all those disparaged and defamed protesters, I do not know. But this is big news!
Do not be afraid to stand up to your government. In fact, it is your job as a citizen in democracy. Your voice matters, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
“The government is us; we are the government, you and I.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Linguistic snippet
As for me, I just also learnt a new word used in Canadians courts: “ultra vires”!
A year and half, I learnt another word also from Canadians courts - “moot”. Back then, it was used to justify the court’s decision to reject the Appeal against the Vaccination mandates, as being no longer of “interest to the public” because mandates were no longer in place…
My legal knowledge is NONE, but I wonder: why the court could not apply the same “moot” justification to deny the Appeal with respect to this Emergency’s Act, which are also no longer in place?... Is that because we are now 2024, not 2022?…
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ultra_vires
ultra vires:
Latin, meaning "beyond the powers." Describes actions taken by government bodies or corporations that exceed the scope of power given to them by laws or corporate charters. When referring to the acts of government bodies (e.g., legislatures), a constitution is most often the measuring stick of the proper scope of power.
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Below the link and images for the full court decision - Enjoy and share around!
https://theccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/EA-challenge-fed-court-reasons-FINAL.pdf
