CCLA representative Cara Zwibel highlights concerns as Emergencies Act inquiry begins

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Published on Oct 16, 2022
Cara Zwibel, director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)'s fundamental freedoms program, speaks with CPACâ€™s Andrew Thomson following the first day of proceedings of the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa. The CCLA is among the parties who have been granted standing at the commission and will able to question witnesses. Led by Paul Rouleau, the commission is studying the federal governmentâ€™s use of the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, to declare a public order emergency in response to protests, at a number of Canadaâ€“U.S. border crossings and in downtown Ottawa, opposing the governmentâ€™s COVID-19 public-health measures. On February 17, the CCLA announced it was launching a Federal Court challenge of the government's invocation of the Act. (October 13, 2022)