Western Standard - Emergencies Act ruling： no accountability and why it matters

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The Federal Court of Appeal upholds Justice Mosley's ruling that the government's actions during the Freedom Convoy were "unreasonable" and "unjustifiable". We discuss what this means for freedom convoys across the country and the message this sends to Canadians.

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00:00:00.000 You've got to be expressing, I imagine, to a degree, though, we're seeing, you know, rulings are following up and realizing it was the federal government that was unreasonable during the convoy, you know, month, basically, or months even.

00:00:13.260 I mean, the Emergencies Act was beyond the pale.

00:00:15.680 It was out of control.

00:00:17.240 But still, they never backed off on cracking down on you and Chris Barber.

00:00:21.800 But nobody in the government has been held accountable.

00:00:24.280 There's no sign that they will be.

00:00:25.320 well obviously that is a source of frustration for chris and myself and i'm sure many other

00:00:32.240 freedom convoy um people that were that were persecuted or prosecuted and charged um it is

00:00:39.020 as i just said i'm i've been convicted in a court of law found guilty of committing mischief and i'm

00:00:44.800 serving my sentence and and it is frustrating knowing that the government of canada the liberal

00:00:49.620 Party of Canada invoking the Emergencies Act was ruled ultra-virus and unlawful, and

00:00:56.120 we haven't even had a statement from the PMO or the Justice Minister on the Federal Court

00:01:02.440 of Appeals ruling, which upheld Justice Mosley's decision.

00:01:05.760 So apparently in Canada, mischief is a more heinous and punishable crime than trampling

00:01:11.000 your rights and freedoms is the message that this is sending to Canadians.

Western Standard - March 01, 2026

Emergencies Act ruling： no accountability and why it matters

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