It is a perfect court decision for a polarizing issue — the 2022 convey protests — and for polarizing times.
If you believed that the convoy protest and occupation of Ottawa two years ago was a national emergency, you have had almost 12 months to feel vindicated by Justice Paul Rouleau’s commission finding that Justin Trudeau’s government was right to use extraordinary powers to shut down the demonstrations.
But if you believed the convoy protests were all about freedom of speech and massive overreach by Trudeau’s government, there is now a judge’s ruling for that, too: the Federal Court of Canada’s finding this week that the prime minister was wrong to invoke a national emergency.
