A group of legal experts say the invocation of the Emergencies Act by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have serious consequences for Canadians, not just presently but for generations to come. “If this invocation of the Emergencies Act is valid, then governments have the power to declare emergencies and crush any peaceful protest, any dissent, that threatens their political fortunes and ideology, and that’s not the kind of country we want to live in,” Bruce Pardy, law professor and executive director of Rights Probe, said at a press conference on Feb. 17. https://twitter.com/PardyBruce/status/1494675414400253954 On Feb. 14, Trudeau became the first prime minister to invoke the Emergencies Act, using it as a means to quash the protests against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions by truckers and their supporters. While the act came into effect as soon as the government presented it, the motion must be approved by both the House of Commons …