OTTAWA — Canada’s Federal Court needs information the government claims is secret to properly review whether the first use of the Emergencies Act — to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests this winter — violated constitutional rights, civil liberties groups say.
The groups made their case before Justice Richard Mosley on Monday, while the federal government responded that the information they seek falls under the established principle of cabinet confidentiality. A government lawyer described one group’s efforts to obtain documents as a “classic fishing expedition” based on speculation.
