Alberta gov’t receives legal clearance to join challenge to Trudeau’s use of Emergencies Act
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‘Alberta will be in court to join with others in defending the rights of Canadians and provincial jurisdiction under our Constitution,’ Premier Jason Kenney said.
(LifeSiteNews) – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced that his government was given intervenor status on legal cases fighting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act (EA) to crush the trucker Freedom Convoy.
“This court granted Alberta’s application to be an intervener in the constitutional and legal challenge of the Trudeau government’s application of the emergency act earlier this year. We believe that was unjust, unjustified, unnecessary, disproportionate to the challenge that was being faced in February and March of this year,” Kenney said Saturday.
“We announced several weeks ago that we would support the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Constitutional Foundation in their challenge at this court to the federal use of the emergency. So now our application has been granted, which means Alberta will be in court to join with others in defending the rights of Canadians and provincial jurisdiction under our Constitution.”
In a press release issued Friday, the Alberta government said it will be allowed to “intervene on the non-constitutional issues, such as the unnecessary invocation of the Emergencies Act, since the province already had the legislative tools necessary to stop illegal blockades.”
“Alberta has also advised the Federal Court of the province’s participation on the constitutional issues that have been raised. With the court order allowing Alberta to intervene, Alberta will be involved in all issues raised before the court, constitutionally and non-constitutionally,” the government stated.
As it stands now, four legal organizations are challenging the Trudeau government’s use of EA, which was enacted by Trudeau on February 14 to shut down the Freedom Convoy.
Intervenor status means Alberta is the only Canadian province taking legal action against Trudeau’s use of the EA.
For three weeks in February, the Freedom Convoy took to the streets of Ottawa to demand an end to all COVID mandates.