Canadian legal group sues Trudeau gov’t for using Emergencies Act against peaceful Freedom Convoy
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‘Two of the applicants represented by the Justice Centre had their bank accounts frozen and seized, without judicial authorization or a review process.’
(LifeSiteNews) — The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCC) is suing the Canadian federal government on behalf of four Canadians over its “abuse” of using the Emergencies Act (EA) to go after truckers who oppose COVID mandates.
The JCCF said the individuals it is representing in its constitutional challenge include a decorated military veteran and a retired police officer. The JCCF will argue that the EA was “unconstitutional and an excessive use of Executive Power, not authorized by the law in the circumstances.”
“Two of the applicants represented by the Justice Centre had their bank accounts frozen and seized, without judicial authorization or a review process, using laws that normally only apply to terrorists and enemy nations,” said the JCCF in a news release Friday.
JCCF president John Carpay called the freezing of bank accounts by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau under the EA as “a gross abuse of government power, used to punish those who supported a peaceful protest for the return of Charter rights and freedoms that were taken away from Canadians 23 months ago.”
Trudeau’s use of the EA is one of the “most egregious and disturbing, unnecessary, and unjustified power grabs” used by a democratic government in decades, he added.
One of the JCCF applicants is Edward Cornell, who is a retired Warrant Officer of the Canadian Armed Forces from New Brunswick. He was awarded a Medal of Bravery in 1987.