Judge Richard Mosley rules against Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

A Canadian judge has ruled that the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell weeks of protests by truckers and others angry over COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 was unreasonable and unconstitutional.

— Rob Gillies

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  January 23, 2024. Richard Mosley. CANADIAN FRONTLINE NURSES and KRISTEN NAGLE v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA; CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA; CANADIAN CONSTITUTION FOUNDATION v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA; JEREMIAH JOST, EDWARD CORNELL, VINCENT GIRCYS and HAROLD RISTAU v. GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL, HIS MAJESTY IN RIGHT OF CANADA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, and MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. Federal Court.
  https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/Content/assets/pdf/base/2024-01-23-News-Bulletin-Public-Order-Emergency.pdf.
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  January 23, 2024. Paul Vieira. “Canada’s Use of Emergency Powers to End Trucker Protests Was Unconstitutional, Judge Rules.” The Wall Street Journal.
  https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canadas-use-of-emergency-powers-to-end-trucker-protests-was-unconstitutional-judge-rules-6a537434.
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  January 23, 2024. Rob Gillies. “Judge Says Canada’s Use of Emergencies Act to Quell Truckers’ Protests over COVID Was Unreasonable.” ABC News.
  https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/judge-canadas-emergencies-act-quell-truckers-protests-covid-106608066.
  News.
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  January 23, 2024. Leyland Cecco. “Judge Rebukes Trudeau for ‘Not Justified’ Use of Emergencies Act to Break Convoy.” The Guardian, sec. World news.
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/canada-trudeau-emergencies-act-trucker-protest-covid.
  News.
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  January 24, 2024. Shawn Fleetwood. “Canadian Court: Trudeau’s Trucker Convoy Crackdown Was Illegal.” The Federalist.
  https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/24/canadian-court-rules-trudeaus-unreasonable-crackdown-on-trucker-convoy-violated-federal-law/.
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  January 24, 2024. Ian Austen, and Vjosa Isai. “Court Finds Trudeau Overreached by Using Emergency Law to End Blockade.” The New York Times, sec. World.
  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/world/canada/trudeau-emergencies-act-trucker-convoy.html.
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  January 26, 2024. J.D. Tuccille. “Crackdown on Freedom Convoy Violated Canadians’ Rights, Says Court.” Reason.
  https://reason.com/2024/01/26/crackdown-on-freedom-convoy-violated-canadians-rights-says-court/.
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  January 29, 2024. Glenn H. Reynolds. “Canada’s Elite Colluded against the Freedom Convoy Truckers — Just as America’s Elite Have Colluded against Us.” New York Post.
  https://nypost.com/2024/01/29/opinion/canadas-elite-colluded-against-the-freedom-convoy-truckers-just-as-americas-elite-have-colluded-against-us/.
  News.
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  February 1, 2024. Amanda Grace. Prophecy Fulfilling in Canada: Tyrannical Trudeau in Trouble, Overreach Overruled. Ark Of Grace Ministries.
  https://rumble.com/v4ar5pr-prophecy-fulfilling-in-canada-tyrannical-trudeau-in-trouble-overreach-overr.html.
  Video.