David Lametti claims the PM withheld “a substantive reason” from him when he was removed from the cabinet.
Former Justice Minister David Lametti claims a Federal Court judge erred in his decision to hold that the federal government had no right to use the Emergencies Act to put an end to the protests involving the convoy in 2022.
After serving as a member of parliament for eight years, the majority of which he spent as attorney general and minister of justice, Lametti declared on Thursday that he would be leaving politics on January 31. During his time as the nation’s top lawyer, he was defending the government’s use of the Emergencies Act in an interview that aired on CBC Radio’s The House on Saturday.
“I don’t agree with the choice. “I don’t agree with Justice Richard Mosley’s analysis, how he presented the case, or how he handled the evidence,” Lametti said in response to host Catherine Cullen.
“I’m pretty confident this decision will be overturned on appeal.”
The Emergencies Act “does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility,” according to Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley, and actions taken under the act violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party, promptly cited the ruling and charged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with violating the law.
Court rules that Ottawa’s use of the Emergencies Act to suppress protests by convoys was irrational and in violation of the Charter.
Following the Emergencies Act’s decision on convoys, more changes are demanded.
He wrote on the social media site X, “He caused the crisis by dividing people.” “Then, in suppressing citizens illegally, he broke the rights outlined in the Charter. I shall unite our nation for freedom in my capacity as PM.”
