Western Standard - March 01, 2026


Emergencies Act ruling: no accountability and why it matters


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

174.16777

Word count

218

Sentence count

8


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Transcript

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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.