Justin Trudeau infringed freedoms in truck drivers' bitcoin funding ban, judge rules
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has infringed the country’s charter of rights and freedoms, a judge ruled, when he invoked the Emergencies Act to halt truck drivers’ Covid-19 protests and bitcoin crowdfunding back in 2022. A public inquiry in February deemed the government acted appropriately when the Act was invoked. However, pressure from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Constitution Foundation led to a judicial review. On Tuesday, a federal court found that Trudeau and his cabinet was not justified in its response. In February 2022, thousands protested mandates that required truck drivers crossing the Canada-US border to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Truckers set up blockades on key roads and brought Ottawa to a stand-still, provoking the mayor to declare a state of emergency. Prime minister Trudeau then invoked the 1988 Emergencies Act to ban gatherings and halt crowdfunding efforts. The Canadian truck ers had garnered ma...