Not a good opening face off for NDPLiberals
"...But Lakehead University law professor Ryan Alford made an opening statement that gets to the nub of the inquiry: the federal government has to prove it met the legal standard for using the emergency provision of last resort.
Alford said that in its opening statement the government of Canada’s counsel, Robert MacKinnon, had said Ottawa had a “reasonable basis” for declaring a public order emergency.
“Unfortunately, a reasonable basis is not a legal, let alone constitutional, basis for using unprecedented and destructive emergency powers,” he said...."
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/john-ivison-trudeau-government-has-high-bar-to-meet-to-justify-use-of-emergencies-acts-extraordinary-powers
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