A Canadian civil liberties group said it is “disappointed” with the Liberal government’s move to make voting on the use of the Emergencies Act a matter of confidence. “We are deeply disappointed the government chose to make tonight’s vote a matter of confidence. This morning, we asked the government to revoke the emergency declaration and barring that, to at minimum commit to a free vote in Parliament,” the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) said on Twitter on Feb. 21. “Instead the government made it a confidence matter and we have seen numerous government MPs express both publicly and in confidence to us that they would vote against the emergency declaration if given a chance.” The group said there is “no legal justification” for using the Emergencies Act, which gives sweeping additional powers to the police to handle protesters who have stayed in Ottawa over the past three weeks to oppose the federal …