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Governments and the media remain focused on responding to disasters, not preventing or preparing for them. Here’s what must change — and will and won’t work — as Canada faces increased disaster risks.
Ongoing criminal proceedings in Canada and the U.S. tied to high-profile uprisings must shed light on how large protests can avoid incurring the full wrath of the state.
The Public Order Emergency Commission found that the Canadian government was reasonable in its invocation of the Emergencies Act, but this has implications for any future applications of the act.
The Emergencies Act inquiry final report found that almost all parties involved fell short of upholding the rule of law during the convoy protests.
Approaches to security issues in Canada today need to learn from the dire histories of what happens under the banner of national security.
There’s no equivalence between invoking the Emergencies Act and the pre-emptive invocation of the notwithstanding clause, which guts Canadian democracy and nullifies the Charter.
Protest is a way to keep potential abuses of the rule of law in check. But what happens if citizens and authorities feel protesters go too far in violating the rule of law?
Long-term assessments of the trucker convoy will depend less on questionable interpretations of individual freedom and more on whether the state’s fundamental obligations were seriously threatened.
The Emergencies Act could have been in place for 30 days or more. But 10 days after it was invoked, the government is now confident it can keep Canadians safe with existing laws.
To turn back the tides of radicalization and hate, Canada needs investments in our democratic culture, improvements in policing and support for grassroots efforts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history. His father had invoked its predecessor, the War Measures Act, more than half a century earlier.
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights, University of Alberta
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Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University
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Instructor, Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies Department, Brandon University
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Co-Lead, Strengthening Canadian Democracy Initiative, SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University