About that Emergencies Act post I wrote the other day?

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Looks like it's not going to happen soon. If it gets invoked at all.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-premiers-consensus-1.5529119

Additional thought, c. 11 April 2020: We already have our Quarantine Act to work with as well, I think.

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Q-1.1/index.html

Comments

[sabotabby]

Good. It shouldn't. I've read it in detail and it's a terrifying piece of legislation that's unnecessary as long as the provinces are responsible.

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And the provinces and territories' current governments do all seem to be on the same page as the feds here, at least for the moment. Even Kenney and Ford. Kenney still keeps trying to stick "heed Big Oil" lines into his own scripts on the subject, but even so...