Dumb question time: Is all of this about anything other that public opinion in the next election?
Is that the only court that can hold a government accountable for, in the opinion of a commission, incorrectly (insufficiently?) bringing down the EA? Can the commission make a referral to justice to have Trudeau arrested for some crime o…
Dumb question time: Is all of this about anything other that public opinion in the next election?
Is that the only court that can hold a government accountable for, in the opinion of a commission, incorrectly (insufficiently?) bringing down the EA? Can the commission make a referral to justice to have Trudeau arrested for some crime on the books, like the Jan6 bunch in Congress referring Trump for sedition charges, or whatever?
Because, if this is just about calling out Trudeau as having overreacted, abrogated civil rights without sufficient cause, Bad PM! Bad! .... then it was all over in late February. Because the public were way, way, way in favour of ending the occupations. Authorita is ALWAYS forgiven transgressions upon the rights of the unpopular.
Trudeau was challenged with evidence that the blockades were starting to lift so why not let the OPS roll with their plan? His candid answer included some realpolitik - If he had decided not to invoke the EA and the chaos had lingered on, how many of the legal purists would have stood by him with declarations of "he did the right thing!"? Answer - Precious few, and fewer still Canadians would have cared. He would have been hung out to dry and he knew it. Good call. Let future lawmakers take advantage of this experience to sharpen the wording of the Act for the next event.
Think of it more like an after action review than a hearing that's trying to get to the bototm of something. It's a requirement of the act to have an inquiry after to look at how it was used appropriately, if it was effective, and if legislation should be modified.
Dumb question time: Is all of this about anything other that public opinion in the next election?
Is that the only court that can hold a government accountable for, in the opinion of a commission, incorrectly (insufficiently?) bringing down the EA? Can the commission make a referral to justice to have Trudeau arrested for some crime on the books, like the Jan6 bunch in Congress referring Trump for sedition charges, or whatever?
Because, if this is just about calling out Trudeau as having overreacted, abrogated civil rights without sufficient cause, Bad PM! Bad! .... then it was all over in late February. Because the public were way, way, way in favour of ending the occupations. Authorita is ALWAYS forgiven transgressions upon the rights of the unpopular.
Trudeau was challenged with evidence that the blockades were starting to lift so why not let the OPS roll with their plan? His candid answer included some realpolitik - If he had decided not to invoke the EA and the chaos had lingered on, how many of the legal purists would have stood by him with declarations of "he did the right thing!"? Answer - Precious few, and fewer still Canadians would have cared. He would have been hung out to dry and he knew it. Good call. Let future lawmakers take advantage of this experience to sharpen the wording of the Act for the next event.
Think of it more like an after action review than a hearing that's trying to get to the bototm of something. It's a requirement of the act to have an inquiry after to look at how it was used appropriately, if it was effective, and if legislation should be modified.
I would hope that it leads to a re-examination of the wording of the various acts and regulations to better reflect current times.
Yes, and I would anticipate this work will begin even before the Commissioner publishes his findings. Revisions and updates are clearly needed.
True, they were given very little time at the beginning of the hearings.