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Ivison: A ‘serene’ Justin Trudeau fails to justify using the Emergencies Act

Justin Trudeau’s appearance at the inquiry into the invocation of the Emergencies Act won’t move mountains, or even votes. Those who hold him personally responsible for the decline of Canadian civilization will keep sticking pins in his likeness; those concerned that his government’s response to the Freedom Convoy will normalize the use of emergency powers will still argue that the Liberals overreacted; the two-thirds of the population that believes the declaration of a public order emergency was necessary will remain unconcerned about possible rights and freedoms abuses.

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