Two civil liberties groups have appeared in a federal court to seek the disclosure of unredacted documents that led to the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end the Freedom Convoy protest earlier this year.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) challenged the use of the act on Aug. 8.
In a statement, the CCF said they are seeking an order for the Attorney General to disclose the documents, including minutes of the Incident Response Group (IRG) and Cabinet meetings that led to the declaration of the act.
“The government’s failure to disclose wide swaths of evidence that go to the question of whether it was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act is an attempt to evade meaningful judicial review,” said Christine Van Geyn, the CCF’s Litigation Director, in the statement….