How Politicians Use Language to Wriggle out of Emergencies Act Responsibilities: Not Quite the Redefinitions of "Request", "Advice", "Recommendation" As Expected

 "...The legal picture has been blurred by unhelpful bureaucratic jargon, especially the term “ideologically motivated violent extremism.” That phrase is not found in the Emergencies Act, the CSIS Act, or the Criminal Code of Canada, which refers to terrorism. The confusion wrought by this unnecessary yet fashionable euphemism stems principally from it frequently and lamentably being abridged to “extremism,” a descriptor that is far broader and even more imprecise than what it replaced. But to be clear: the FLQ were terrorists. People with views outside of the mainstream are not, regardless of how divergent those views are. To be properly subjected to emergency powers, they must have been acting in support of terrorists who were already engaged in serious violence...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ryan-alford-unlike-the-flq-the-freedom-convoy-were-hardly-terrorists

Debunking the Reasons for Emergencies Act: "Because I Read It in the Media" Is Not a Reason(s) to Accept Events That Cannot be Proven and Invoke the Act

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rupa-subramanya-justin-trudeaus-case-against-the-freedom-convoy-falls-on-its-face

 "...It’s striking how many public officials, including outgoing Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, outgoing city councillor Mathieu Fleury, and would be mayor Catherine McKenney, made strong claims that the protesters were violent and destructive. For example, Watson claimed that protesters were ripping masks off local residents, but when challenged under cross examination, he admitted he didn’t see this himself but heard about it in media reports. This was a refrain from many of the public officials making these assertions about the protesters, and when challenged referred to hearing about it in the media. This was a classic case of the tail wagging the dog, as some media reports were largely parroting the narrative of the public officials without providing much if any documentary evidence..."

Trudeau, Like His Father's Admiration for Russia, Has Sown the Seeds For Resource Destruction And Any Energy Help For Western Allies, Improving Putin's Stance

 "...Has he [Trudeau] offered to build a natural gas pipeline and LNG projects in Eastern Canada to help Germany and Europe permanently replace Russian gas?   Instead, Trudeau turned down Germany which was hoping to get a deal to import LNG from Atlantic Canada. But Australia did not and within days of rejection by Canada, German utility Uniper signed an enormous deal with an Australian company to bring in more natural gas. Even Norway, another virtue-signalling petro-giant, has boosted production to help Europe fight against Russia’s war against Ukraine and the continent.   Ducking an opportunity to help defeat Vladimir Putin is hardly surprising given that Trudeau’s regime has destroyed all but one of the 18 proposed LNG projects in Canada in the past decade with its destructive, anti-resource agenda..."

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-canada-is-a-lightweight-nation

Reasons Cited For Emergency Measures Act at Inquiry Are the Same That Impacted Eglinton Ave Residents and Businesses for Four Years

 Isn't that just Eglinton Ave for the last four years?

"...He listed the many disruptions people living downtown experienced from loud air horns and trucks running around the clock, to closed businesses and the inability to use public transit or even get a taxi.

He said the commission needs to remember that 15,000 people call the area home..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emergencies-act-inquiry-begins-under-tight-timelines-with-dozens-of-witnesses-set-to-appear

Not a good opening face off for NDPLiberals in Emergency Measures Act Inquiry

 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

The Beginning of Emergency Measures Act Inquiry 1

 "...From the CCF’s perspective, the fundamental question is whether the condition in the final clause of Section 3 of the Emergencies Act was met — that the Ottawa protests and border blockades could not be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada, federal, provincial or municipal. This clause codifies the requirement that the Emergencies Act is a last resort, which can only be triggered when all other legal tools fall short.

And in the CCF’s view, that condition was clearly not met: as in Coutts and Windsor, the Ottawa protests were cleared using existing police powers. Evidence of former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly recently disclosed confirms that the plan to clear protestors — including bringing 1,800 additional officers from across Canada to Ottawa — was in place without the declaration of the Emergencies Act...."

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-emergencies-act-was-never-meant-to-be-used-against-political-opponents

All perception, no substance NDPLiberals

 All perception, no substance NDPLiberals

"...Davis said when the government releases lists of names under financial sanctions, it’s then up to banks and financial institutions to freeze the accounts. One issue is when the government releases a list of names only, with no other identifying information, as is the case for some of the currently sanctioned individuals, it’s left to the banks to determine whether they’re targeting the assets of the right individual..."

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-keep-putting-names-on-sanctions-lists-with-no-backup-or-transparency-critics-say