Justin Trudeau’s Rebuke From Court Over Abuse Of Emergency Powers Shows Why Checks And Balances Are Essential To Freedom – OpEd

By Jon Miltimore

In February 2022, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was invoking the 1988 Emergencies Act, a new Rubicon in Canadian history. 

The action marked the first time federal emergency powers had been activated in Canada since the “October Crisis of 1970,” when Trudeau’s father, Pierre...