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More than four years after the Freedom Convoy protesters arrived in Ottawa in late January 2022, it’s now clear the real threat to democracy was Justin Trudeau’s imposition of the Emergencies Act, not the actions of the demonstrators.

GOLDSTEIN: Freedom Convoy didn’t endanger democracy, Trudeau did Back to video

The federal government has already lost twice in court in its bid to justify that decision — first in June 2024 at the Federal Court and again at the Federal Court of Appeal in January this year.

The rulings in both cases regarding the government’s response to the protests — which began over federal vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers but quickly expanded into a larger protest about restrictive COVID-19 measures and the Trudeau government itself — were clear.

They were that the government’s use of the EA was unreasonable, illegal and unconstitutional in violating Charter rights.

The government failed to establish that the actions of the protesters, including the blockades in Ottawa and elsewhere in the country, constituted a threat to national security,........

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