Canada: CCLA representative Cara Zwibel highlights concerns as Emergencies Act inquiry begins

Cara Zwibel, director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's fundamental freedoms program, speaks with CPAC's Andrew Thomson following the first day of proceedings of the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa. Led by Paul Rouleau, the commission is studying the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, to declare a public order emergency in response to protests, at a number of Canada–U.S. border crossings and in downtown Ottawa, opposing the government's COVID-19 public-health measures. On February 17, the CCLA announced it was launching a Federal Court challenge of the government's invocation of the Act. (October 13, 2022)