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Despite dozens of recommendations from the Public Order Emergencies Commission on reforms to the Emergencies Act, the federal Liberal government is only committing to engaging in further consultations with provinces, Indigenous groups, and other stakeholders, before entertaining changes. True North's Andrew Lawton says that after the Federal Court finding that the government's use of the act was unconstitutional, they want to just shove everything under the rug.

Eddie Cornell and his lawyer Blair Ector are now suing the federal government in a civil suit for damages. True North's Harrison Faulkner caught up with Cornell and Ector at CPAC in Washington DC last weekend.

The federal government has filed to appeal against a Federal Court decision that ruled the invocation of the Emergencies Act to quash the Freedom Convoy protests in 2022 was unconstitutional and unreasonable. 

Freedom Convoy organizer Tom Marazzo joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to reflect on this unprecedented moment in Canadian history and the events surrounding it.

Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms lawyer James Manson joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss the next steps in this legal saga, and the implications of the Federal Court’s ruling on the Emergencies Act.

Canadian Constitution Foundation litigation director Christine Van Geyn joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to break down the ruling and outline the possible next steps in this ongoing legal saga.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would drop the federal government’s appeal of this week’s ruling on the Emergencies Act if elected, his office says.

Former Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to share her thoughts on the ruling.

Six Members of Parliament across party lines have released a joint statement calling for the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency to respond to the recent federal court ruling which found that the invocation of the Emergencies Act was unreasonable and unconstitutional. 

The legitimacy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act has received its biggest blow after a Federal Court ruled the order was unconstitutional. Tune into The Daily Brief!