✔︎ Motion for Confirmation of the Declaration of Emergency

Motion

That, pursuant to section 58 of the Emergencies Act, this House confirm the declaration of a public order emergency proclaimed on February 14, 2022.

Vote

Yea.

Rationale

The Emergencies Act contains several safeguards and safeguards, including parliamentary review. Actions taken under the law must respect the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address.

The Emergencies Act will be used to strengthen and support law enforcement agencies at all levels across the country. This is about keeping Canadians safe, protecting people’s jobs and restoring confidence in our institutions.

The following six measures have been brought in to bring this matter under control:

- The regulation and prohibition of public assemblies that lead to a breach of the peace and go beyond lawful protest.

- Designating and securing places where blockades are to be prohibited including borders and critical infrastructure.

- Directing persons to render essential services to relieve impacts of blockades on Canada’s economy.

- Authorizing or directing financial institutions to render essential services to relieve impact of blockades, including regulating and prohibiting the use of property to fund or support the blockades.

- Measures enabling the RCMP to enforce municipal by laws and provincial offences where required; and

- The imposition of fines of imprisonment for contravention of any order or regulation made under section 19 of the Emergencies Act

The Emergencies Act also contains a number of significant limits, checks and safeguards. As required by the Act, on several occasions over the past week, the Prime Minister and members of Cabinet consulted with the Premiers and members of their respective governments. Having declared a public order emergency, we tabled the declaration in Parliament.

Result

Passed.