Leaders on the Frontier, hosted by David Leis, with guests Professor Bruce Pardy of Rights Probe, Josh Dehaas of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, and Ray McGinnis (author of Unjustified). The panel examines the implications of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold a two-year ruling that found the Trudeau government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the 2022 Freedom Convoy. While this is a positive outcome for freedoms and individual rights in Canada, the court’s decision does not ensure accountability for the government’s actions; political motivations could lead to similar abuses of power. The Emergencies Act was designed to address the misuse of the War Measures Act by imposing specific legislative limitations. Yet, as Prof. Pardy warns, these limitations are not constitutionally binding, meaning a future parliament could amend the act to remove them. If the Federal Court of Appeal delivered a serious decision without serious consequences, where does Canada go from here? For starters, David Leis suggests that hundreds of thousands of Canadians asking their financial institutions, “Would you debank me if the government asked you to?” could shift complacency and give the managerial state a jolt. For a deeper dive into how fast we’re sinking on that score, see Canada is an Imaginary Country (Alberta’s New Constitution), Exiting Canada’s Tyranny and Redefining Freedom, and Dear Americans, Canada Is Run by Powerful Cartels.
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Canada broke the law! Now what?
