Canadian Civil Liberties Association CCLA Opening Statements at Public Inquiry for Emergencies Act

Canadian Civil Liberties Association CCLA Opening Statements at the Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act.

Cara Zwiebel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the organization is concerned with emergency powers that "circumvent the parliamentary processes and allow the executive branch to rule by fiat." She says the legal threshold for cabinet to invoke the act was not met.

Source: Source: Day 1 of Public Hearings, October 13, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act