Justice Richard Mosely got a laugh on April 4th when he looked around the courtroom and noted, “You know, I may be the only person in this room who has ever driven a transport truck. When I was young, I
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Christine Van Geyn live tweets the proceedings all day long – if you would like to follow along with her updates, visit https://twitter.com/cvangeyn In her April 4th summary of Emergencies Act court proceedings, CCF Litigation Director Christine Van Geyn highlighted
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The first two hours of the April 3rd proceedings were spent listening to Canada’s Attorney General’s office argue that this case should not be heard, claiming it is “moot” because the Emergencies Act is not in use anywhere at present.
The idea that a case which took a full year to get to court could have been conducted simultaneously with the protest as it took place seemed so nonsensical Justice Richard Mosely had to ask numerous questions for clarification before he noted, “This begs the question: if a case like this can’t go ahead, when can any case go ahead?”
Read More “We’ve had the Rouleaux commission, which did not have a formal ruling, but they issued a report. It was very a disappointing report, that found that the use of that legislation was justified, but the report did say that ‘another reasonable decision maker could reach a different conclusion.’ We are arguing that the Federal Court should reach such a different conclusion.”
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By Dan McTeague Get ready to pay more for … well, just about everything. In just a few days from now, on April 1st, Trudeau’s Federal Carbon Tax is set to increase – again – from $50 a ton to $65
Read More “There was also overwhelming consensus from police officers who testified before the Commission that existing criminal laws would have been sufficient to manage the protests.“ Canadian Constitution Foundation release, February 17 2023 The Canadian Constitution Foundations‘ challenge to the Emergencies
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by Mike Murchison So, let’s weigh in on the shape of the highways in Northern Ontario. I’m referring to Highways 11 and 17. The “Trans Canada” highway. The main east-west corridor that gets you from the Manitoba border down to
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“I think the problem is larger than people realize,” Orr says. “My guess is that similar groups are probably operating in all the major cities – Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver. Congratulations to the OPP for investigating this situation and laying charges, even getting some put in jail. That is a great job they are doing.”
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“The implausibility of a net-zero carbon energy future is becoming so obvious that even Europeans are starting to notice,” the Wall Street Journal editorial board noted on March 27th. “Witness the weekend decision to step back from the ban on internal-combustion automobile engines that the European Union had intended to implement by 2035.”
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