Court Rules Trudeau Freezing Civil Liberties Protesters’ Bank Accounts Violated Canada’s Charter

If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In February 2022, amid the cross-country truck convoy civil liberties protests in Ottawa against COVID-19 precautions and vaccine mandates, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister, made an overreaching decision. He invoked the Emergencies Act as a response to this challenge to his overarching policies in a widespread attempt to silence and crush his critics. Under the Emergencies Act, Trudeau, and his Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, froze the bank accounts of protesters and their supporters in one of the biggest attacks on free speech and civil liberties that Canada has seen in recent times. However, a Federal Court has now ruled that the Trudeau-led Liberal government overreached its powers. Their act was declared unreasonable, unjustified, and violating the Charter in a verdict published on a recent Tuesday. We obtained a copy of the verdict for you here. Related: Trudeau says he feels “serene and confident” over decision to freeze protesters’ bank accounts Presiding over the case, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley found that whereas these Freedom Convoy protests generated harm, they did not elevate to a threat against national security as per the legal definition. Proclaiming the Emergencies Act in such a scenario, according to Mosley, lacked the attributes of sound decision-making, including justification, transparency, and intelligibility. Tracing the legal and factual constraints that must inform such a resolve illuminated this lack for Mosley. “I have concluded that the decision to issue the Proclamation [of the Emergencies…Court Rules Trudeau Freezing Civil Liberties Protesters’ Bank Accounts Violated Canada’s Charter