Loading ...Trudeau adviser ‘reconsidered’ legal definition of a security ‘threat’ to justify using Emergencies Act
‘Witnesses have now stated that the government declared an emergency using criteria found outside the confines of the definition of the Emergencies Act.‘
the prime minister’s national security adviser (NSIA) Jody Thomas – along with other officials in a panel – told commission lawyers that while the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) did not consider the Freedom Convoy protest to be a threat to national security – a prerequisite for invoking the EA – they were of the opinion that the definition of a “threat” to security needed to be “reconsidered,” and therefore it was permissible to use the EA.
This explosive revelation caused a firestorm in the media, with many expressing shock that Thomas seemed to be admitting that the Trudeau government ignored the rule of law when enacting the EA.