Emergencies Act: Tories Seek Special Committee Meeting After Court Rules Invocation Unjustified

Conservative MPs are seeking an urgent committee meeting to discuss the recent decision by the Federal Court that found the invocation of the Emergencies Act was not justified. Given the Jan. 23 court ruling, “Canadians rightly want answers on how the Trudeau government reached the decision to use the Emergencies Act,” wrote Tory MPs in a Jan. 24 letter to the chair of the House of Commons justice committee, Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab. The Conservative MPs point out that the government has kept secret the legal opinion it relied on to decide on invoking the act. They say the court ruling “casts further doubt” on that opinion....