Meanwhile, in Ottawa...
Apr. 9th, 2020 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineThe Emergencies Act being invoked? Maybe?
For some context:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-province-letter-1.5526496
Noting these paragraphs from John Paul Tasker in particular:
The Emergencies Act includes some major depatures from the War Measures Act, however — most notably the requirement that the government needs Parliament's participation in invoking the act.
If an emergency declaration is made by cabinet, Parliament must be summoned to "sit within seven days after the declaration is issued" — a measure added to the act to avoid abuse by the government of the day.
This Parliament has been temporarily adjourned, but a handful of MPs already have made the trip back to Ottawa to push through, and tweak, crucial measures like the wage subsidy program, and are already in talks about returning again.
If you're interested in the text of the Act itself:
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-4.5/page-1.html
Section 5(b) sets the stage with its definition of a "public health emergency".
For some context:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-province-letter-1.5526496
Noting these paragraphs from John Paul Tasker in particular:
The Emergencies Act includes some major depatures from the War Measures Act, however — most notably the requirement that the government needs Parliament's participation in invoking the act.
If an emergency declaration is made by cabinet, Parliament must be summoned to "sit within seven days after the declaration is issued" — a measure added to the act to avoid abuse by the government of the day.
This Parliament has been temporarily adjourned, but a handful of MPs already have made the trip back to Ottawa to push through, and tweak, crucial measures like the wage subsidy program, and are already in talks about returning again.
If you're interested in the text of the Act itself:
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-4.5/page-1.html
Section 5(b) sets the stage with its definition of a "public health emergency".
