Judge rules Ottawa’s declaration of public order emergency during pandemic protests was ‘illegal’

By Cristin Schmitz (January 23, 2024, 4:49 PM EST) -- The Liberal government acted unreasonably and illegally two years ago when it declared a public order emergency under the federal Emergencies Act and also arrogated to itself certain sweeping powers to deal with truckers' disruption of Ottawa’s downtown core and blockades of ports of entry in their protests of government-mandated pandemic measures, the Federal Court has ruled....