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Liberal government appeals ruling against use of Emergencies Act to Supreme Court

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is honking its final horn in its legal battle to validate its use of the Emergencies Act to deal with the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government filed its application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Tuesday in the hopes that the highest court in the land will overturn two earlier decisions that ruled the use of the draconian act was unjustified as a way to stop the protests.

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