Supporters of the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act will be greatly cheered by the central conclusion arrived at by Rouleau that the government’s invocation of the act was appropriate, and no doubt this will be the primary talking point advanced by the government’s communications machine in the coming weeks. The debate is over; vindication is ours.
To be fair to Rouleau, he knew he was caught between a rock and a hard place: fail to make a finding and be accused of ducking; or make a finding and get pilloried for stepping outside his mandate. In the end, he decided to split the difference.
This sort of hedging will be unsatisfying to people on both sides of the debate. On a matter of such importance, and having recognized that the issue remains before the Federal Court, one would think that the appropriate course of action would be to either state one’s position with a high degree of confidence or withhold taking one altogether.Article content
Much of Rouleau’s rationale rests upon the well-established criminal law “reasonable belief” standard — which holds that perfect judgment is not required, but merely that a decision maker in possession of a certain set of facts acts in a way that is considered “reasonable.” There is little to quibble with here as a general principle.
National Post: “It’s not fay-er!!! We wanted that mean old Trudeau to be guilty!!”
So when do the resignations start?
Muninn18085831 Here is some thought food from Jordan Peterson on actual slippery slopes ! A must watch...
Muninn18085831 Great view on the Rouleau Commission results and the use of the Emergency Act in Canada ! Thank you Aaron !!!
There is no Threshold - future EAs will be based on the caprious whims of the Justin Junta.
NP working even harder now to Americanize Canadian Politics. It’s subtle not Fox like just soft ignorant opinion piece rants.
Emergencies Measures Act was a construct of the Conservatives under Harper was it not. Trudeau worked within that construct. So what is it you have a problem with the Cinservative construct or the result using the Conservative construct.
The fix was in!
awudrick Interesting article - 🙄 It seems absurd to point out the limitations of the inquiry... it's an inquiry after all. It's almost as if the author doesn't have a point - so he pretends the obvious IS a point. I'm SO tired of pointless partisanship on both sides. Juvenile rubbish
Well said!
YesssGirl1 It’s quite simple
The liberals got that in spades.
Good, a lot of emergencies need declaring, a lot of incompetent government officials need arrest.
kris_sims This has got to be the biggest joke ever. That inquiry was a circus. To actually say 1) that others may interpret the evidence differently ( justice is based on truth not personal opinion ) and 2) the incompetence of a government is never the threshold to suspend civil liberties.
Corruption rules Canada. Not democracy. Democracy doesn’t keep doing this👇over and over again. Where the same perp holding the distinguished record as most ethically bankrupt politician in Cdn history repeatedly appoints his own “independent” accountability to investigate him🙄
Canada has become something beyond the scope of the typical banana republic, its institutions are corrupt. Much of the media are no longer journalists, they've become more akin to propagandists. And the political elites are above the law. This country cant cont. business as usual
Good luck with that BS!
Oh give it a rest you fascist media spoutlet! Just this morning you were quoting Conrad Black as lauding Poilievil for promising the demise of the CBC - we know what you are all salivating over - a completely biased media field of play. We the people need CBC - hands off!
No. The threshold is the level of threat to national security. In that Feb '22 instance the threat was brought about by the incompetence of police forces and the abdication of responsibility of the Provincial govt.
SpencerFernando
The Convoy Cult among law enforcement must be outed. Nothing more dangerous than cops who think for themselves.
“Not an emergency”. The double standards are right in our faces now.
Hi Aaron, Ottawa would like a word
Incompetence is the input; the outcome is a breakdown of law and order. The Emergencies Act had deal with the outcome.
The federal gov't through a series of coercive, non scientific and biased policies created serious life changing problems for millions of Canadians and when challenged by a physical presence decide to ignore, black list, demonize, ostracize and attack said citizens. Go figure..
SpencerFernando Only if the judge is a hard-core partisan Liberal defending his liberal_party spokes-head
awudrick Incompetence. This government excels in it. Second only to corruption.
So now we need a commission about the commission... 🤨
SpencerFernando Only way we win this is if we can convince all the visible minorities to rebel against Trudumbell! Muslims, queers, FN, BLM all the divisions he has created and supports! Citizens that matter to him because white Christians who built the country are the damned
SpencerFernando So is the judge
Incompetence from the city and from the Ontario provincial government, a conservative government.
Still waiting for national post to share even a single article that isn’t an opinion piece
Yet you completely miss Ford’s dereliction of duty that was the cause of this…Not shocked it’s the Post….
The sad truth is incompetence would almost be preferable to the truth becoming more evident; that Trudeau is evil, and will not rest until the roots that Canada stands upon are completely destroyed. Why take a country that should be proud, and systematically run it down?
I waiting until another rail blockade that affects the Nation, complete once again with burning cars/trains..let's see the EA used then..
Given the amount of incompetent in government this is concerning. I wonder if there will be complaints if PP send in horses to clear out pipeline blockades now that 'blockades' and 'occupations' are illegal?
Trudeau needs to go…
The courts will see it differently
The right wing is now the right wing...muahahother fakers...
awudrick It's worse than that. It negates the ability for citizens to protest disingenous narratives cooked up by the government.
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For someone charged w clarifying on the legitimacy of the use of the highest powers in the land, Rouleau does nothing but muddy the waters ‘It was warranted but others could also come to the opposite conclusion’ ‘Police say it wasn’t violent but an Ottawa resident said it was’
emergency act is now a partisan weapon when a government is in power and wants to get stuff done that is not popular… this decision is not good for the future of canada
‘Apparently’ is a weasel word.
awudrick Great piece, awudrick.
Protests in Europe attract a million people and no emergency. Ottawa gets a few thousand setting up a parking lot and it’s a national emergency. What a pathetic joke of democracy and flawed commission finding
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franco_nomics Next up they'll say.. see we were right we must now stop misinformation and censor the internet. When in reality most of our institutions have been compromised and are now weaponized against us.
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“cannot be effectively dealt with by any other law of Canada,” Just because people have not yet dealt with the situation, does not mean it cannot be effectively dealt with.
Said the washed up tax guy and not the lifetime judge.