Prophetic Words of Perrin Beatty on the Potential for UNWARRANTED Use of Emergencies Act

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Words from 1987 of Perrin Beatty, author of the Emergencies Act, on the potential for the UNWARRANTED use of the Emergencies Act, that ring true and are relevant today.

Then defence minister Perrin Beatty had discerning words to say, then and now.
The author of the Emergencies Act, foresaw what could come (the misuse of the Emergencies Act) and regrets the situation of devastating partisanship that prevents proper legislative processes.

You can hear part of his speech from the House of Commons on November 16, 1987. On this day, MPs began the second reading of Bill C-77, legislation to enact the Emergencies Act.

Here are some quotes from a great Canadian, Perrin Beatty:

“What I regret in looking at the situation today is how poisoned with partisanship Parliament has become, which then undercuts the ability of Parliament and of parliamentary committees to actually contribute to the legislative process.”
-Perrin Beatty

“The only thing that I can say, as the author of the act, is that wherever you have extraordinary powers, there must be extraordinary accountability."
-Perrin Beatty, 2022

"To ensure public confidence, you had to have the greatest level of transparency possible.”
-Perrin Beatty

The Public Order Emergency Commission (Rouleau Commission), examining the use of the Emergency Act, has just wrapped up in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Henry Perrin Beatty PC OC is a Canadian business executive and former politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1993, and as a cabinet minister from 1979 to 1980 and from 1984 to 1993. In 1979 he became the youngest person ever appointed to a Canadian Cabinet (at the time).

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